6/2 MANUAL CHARGER

Was online looking for directions for my se82-6 schumucker charger and noticed they still sell these. I bought my over 23 years ago and its still working. Its kept in an unheated garage and has charged many a car, motorcycle, boat, or lawn tractor battery over the years. Its not as pretty as the newer ones but still does the job. Would offer a suggestion and apply some light grease to the connection ends as they have a tendency to oxidize and need a little emery cloth if the charger "sits" for any length of time.

Darn, my riding mower wouldn't start last week, just as the grass was ready for the year's first mow. I am a single 47 year old woman who knows zilch about machinery. Since the mower wasn't making a peep when I turned the key, I went with "battery is dead". Every month over the winter I started the mower up and ran it for 5 minutes, but guess this last April freeze finally zapped it. I researched chargers and this one sounded the best for the money. Paid for it on 4/10, used supersaver shipping and got it on 4/13! My Troy-Bilt manual says to use a 12-volt charger on 6 amps for one hour. The Schumacher manual says to use this on 2 amps for 3-8 hours for riding mowers, but I went ahead and set it for 6 amps. When I plugged it in, the ammeter (never heard of that word before, but the manual told me the meter was called that) read 3 amps, which supposedly meant the battery was fully charged. Doh!!! But I went ahead and charged it for 1 hour and, Eureka, the mower started up just fine. This charger is so easy to use. I ran an extension cord out to my shed, clipped the red clip to the positive terminal, the black clip to the unpainted rear end of tractor, put the power plug in the extension cord and waited one hour. Can't beat that for simplicity. (I finally noticed I could flip the mower seat up out of the way of the top of the battery - that's how much of a novice I am.)

I bought an SE-82-6 about 15 years ago. I long since lost the manual and went online to find one, knowing that I probably would be unsuccessful...after all it was a 15 year old product. I was surprised to see they're still on the market, but really it's no surprise. Mine differs only from the dial background, from what I can tell. The point is I have used this regularly for ages, keep it stored in a dusty area, have gotten it wet, and have dropped it many times, yet I'm charging a mower battery with it as we speak. Maybe this is a special case, but 15+ years on a charger that I have, uh, not exactly taken good care of is outstanding.

The product is very good, although I was looking for a Battery Tender (the one that can be left connected to the battery for weeks together without any damage to the battery). Since this was not clearly mentioned in the product description, I mistook it to be of the charge maintainer type. Other than that there is nothing wrong I noted with the product itself.