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Anybody know if this cheap Challenge Xtreme automatic battery charger from Argos is any good. It says it is only suitable for up to 70 Ah batteries. Would it be any good for a 85 ah battery. I have recently fitted a motor mover so I need my battery to be in good condition.  If it is not good enough can anyone recommend an alternative automatic battery charger that will get the best out of my battery. I am fed up with spending money on the caravan so I don't want to pay out too much!

This is the Argos link. Hope it works!

http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1428744-10294381?url=http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=10651&langId=-1&searchTerms=automatic+battery+charger&go.x=16&go.y=11

Cheers.

Thanks wildie

I'll try again.

At the moment I am using a basic fairly low powered car battery charger which seems to do the job reasonably well. Trouble is I have to manually switch it from full to trickle power after a couple of hours. In view of the fact that I am now using a mover I have decided I need a better charger to get the best out of my battery. However, at the moment I have just entered "tight git" mode. Having spent some serious dosh on the caravan in the last couple of months or so I do not want to spend 60 plus quid on a top of the range charger, unless I have to. Knowing very little about battery chargers I optimistically wondered if despite what it says on the Argos description (which funnily enough I had read) this charger, especially being automatic, would still be able to charge up a 85ah battery. It may well be that I should only buy a battery that says it can charge leisure batteries. I look to my fellow caravanning colleagues on "UKcampsite" to put me right, and make me a wiser man. Better still, someone may suggest some alternative chargers that will keep my battery and my wallet happy.

Cheers!!!

Thanks Peridot for your reply.

I'll certainly consider the Challenge charger as my budget option.

Cheers.

Any feedback on use on this one yet as I'm considering the same one from Argos myself?

they seem to be reduced 1/2 price at the moment to 14.99 for the Xtreme model.

Chris.