How Do I Recharge My Car Battery | How Long To Charge A Car Battery At 2 AMPS

How Do I Recharge My Car Battery | How Long To Charge A Car Battery At 2 Amps
/ @jpautofleet
I common question I receive from my customers is how do I recharge my car battery? I will cover this topic in today’s video and also expand on how long to charge a car battery at 2 AMPS.
Another question I get in regard to battery charging is how will I know when the battery is properly recharged if the charger I’m using doesn’t have a feature to show me that?
Before we get started, here’s a quick tip on battery chargers. For the home do it yourself person, I recommend a microprocessor-controlled charger. The car battery charger I show in this video was only $89 at O’Reilly’s auto parts store.
* Here is the link to the Battery Charger used in the video:
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This type of car battery charger is going to give you a safer, quicker more effective charger for your battery. This charger has protection built in to help prevent overcharging while maintaining the charge.
This charger has a feature that shows you the percentage of the charge, so you can monitor the progress. It also has a voltage feature. I’m not affiliated with this charger in any way, I’m just a fan of it.
So, to specifically answer the question of how do I recharge my car battery, here we go. The first thing we do when charging our battery is hook up red to positive and black to negative.
The next thing we need to do is select the battery type. A lot of car battery chargers won’t have this feature which is again why I’m a fan of this particular charger.
The three choices to select from are “standard”, “AGM” and “Gel” type of battery. Nine times out of 10 you are going to select the standard type. The standard option for car battery charging is the battery that is in an everyday vehicle. AGM and Gel options are for high performance and marine applications.
The next thing we do is select out rate of charge which means how intensely we want to charge the battery. One of the options for the rate of charge is an 85A setting, this is for jump-starting only.
The second option is a 30A “boost feature” which you can charge your battery with but you must be careful not to charge it too long as you can toast the battery. If you just want to select this option and charge it for a couple of hours, you can get away with it.
However, the safest, fastest, and most effective way to charge a battery is with the lowest setting which is 2AMP’s. How long to charge a car battery at 2 AMPS’s is the next question I receive a lot.
Now, this 2 AMP option will take longer, maybe even overnight but it is the best way to recharge a car battery by far. The “green light” will illuminate when the battery is finished and fully charged.
I hope this do it yourself training tutorial helped to answer the question of how do I recharge my car battery and save you time, money, and aggravation that can be associated with this process.
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I have a smart battery charger and what i don't know is if you need to open the caps on the battery while charging. Can you help me?

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your battery should indicate AGM or GEL on the label. If you charge these types on the standard setting, you will dry out the battery and drastically shorten the lifetime. AGM and Gel batteries use aa charging voltage of 14.5 volts whereas a standard (flooded) battery typically charges at 16 volts If you hear a liquid sloshing sound inside your battery, it is a standard type battery. AGM and Gel batteries do not have free flowing liquid acid in them. It is either bound up in a glass mat material or it is in gel form
If you measure the voltage while the battery is still charging you will probably ready the charging voltage and not the battery voltage. You won’t know the battery voltage until the charger is disconnected for a few hours. Then you should measure 12.4 to 12.6 volts when fully charged

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