battery charger problems

[bob o]

running out of juice just after 4hrs of fishing kent lake i plugged in the charger and nothing but blinking lights it's a BPS xps 555 it worked fine two weeks ago but i think it might be toast. does anyone know if there is a fuse/reset switch to check on when i get home tonite? or could it be the battries that are the problem?

BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand

[t-bone]

Don't have an answer for you but how'd you guys do?

[bob o]

Don't have an answer for you but how'd you guys do?

we got one 2lb 4oz

winnesr had 7lb and change

[LennyB]

I would connect the charger to a known good battery, such as the one in your car, and charge that one over night. The charger should charge it to the point that the indicator light goes to the fully charged state (usually a solid green light). If it doesn't, something may be wrong with the charger. If it is a multiple bank charger, do the same to the second bank. If both banks indicate a fully charged battery after charging over night, your problem may be with the boat batteries or something staying on in the boat that is draining the batteries as they charge, preventing a full charge from occurring. This could be from a a compartment light staying on, an auto bilge pump switch that is corroded that is allowing current to flow, etc.... After confirming the charger works on a known good battery that is not connected to anything, try charging the boat batteries with nothing else connected to them. If they charge, then I would look for something in the boat drawing them down.

[djkimmel]

A cheap battery voltage tester might also show you quick if you have a bad battery or not.

[bob o]

thanks guys, i'm going to test the charger with a battery just like MBFT suggested and see what happens

[dartag]

had problems with my Ranger charger earlier this year.   you should have 12.5 volts on a good battery.  when you plug in the charger the it should start to go up and shut when it is holds around 16 volts.   Check each bank of the charger  mine had one that was dead and the other was intermittent.  If it is charging get the batteries load tested.  I got a BPS charger and have had no problems.   plus it has a 2 year in store warrenty.
good luck.

[bob o]

well, it looks like the charger is dust the LED's that are flashing are the power, float and go fish, but NOT the charging LED it stays off never blinks at all. a quick call to customer service tomorrow will hopfully confirm my findings or give me more stuff to try. so i've been surfing the web and found this.
http://www.impactbattery.com/marine-battery-charger/3-bank-10-amp-12-36-volt-noco-genius-smart-charger.html