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Junk XS Charger

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July 30, 2019, 06:23 PM
BJs Wild Ride
Junk XS Charger
Does anybody know anybody at XS batteries that isn’t a complete moron?

According to Antonio 3 years is too long for us to expect a battery or charger to last?

Also, the charger won’t work worth a **** on either of 2 batteries, my other charger works fine on both batteries, but it’s OBVIOUS that my battery is junk. Two Thumbs down
July 30, 2019, 06:42 PM
green1
Does your charger have switch to use it on 12 volts? If so I would give that a try one a 12 volt battery of course just to see if it works in that function.
Does it do anything at all such as light up?
July 30, 2019, 06:49 PM
novaX522
I had similar experience with XS 16V battery and charger. I still use the charger, but on 12V stuff now.


Rob Livingston
July 30, 2019, 06:56 PM
BJs Wild Ride
It winds straight up to 25 amps and stays there. It will go to 21 volts if I’m not watching it. I’ve managed to not cook a battery so far because I mostly use my other charger that isn’t a total POS. It started doing this randomly less than a year after I bought it. Now it does it every time. The only way I can use it is to leave the water pump running and it will stay around 19.2
July 30, 2019, 08:03 PM
7110
while i generally liked those chargers, i have since gotten rid of all that i had. one thing some of you 16V guys may encounter - dead cooling fans. They only put a 12V rated fan on them, and when I was running all 16V the last few years, the fans started failing. Through some detective work, I found the same style of fan rated for 24V and upgraded my units, and never failed again. kind of annoying given the cost of the charger.
July 30, 2019, 10:51 PM
BP758
Sounds like the Voltage limiter took a chit.


California Screaming!
Raceless in California!
July 31, 2019, 05:50 AM
BJs Wild Ride
quote:
Originally posted by stk 758 BP!:
Sounds like the Voltage limiter took a chit.


Ya, but according to the genius that answers the phone there, resistance is too high on the battery so the charger can’t sense the voltage.
July 31, 2019, 05:53 AM
green1
I had a turbostart battery three weeks ago that got hot and amps on turbostart charger wouldn’t go below 10 amps after being on charger for several hours. I got my Powermaster charger out and it also would go to 10 and stay so I swapped battery. I brought that battery into garage after the weekend and plugged in charger and it shows full charge. I am going to put it back into car and see what happens. I am figuring battery is junk but it is still holding a charge sitting on the floor.
July 31, 2019, 08:41 AM
Big Steve
When I originally switched to 16v several years ago I bought a Rock/Moroso charger and Rock battery. The battery took a dump in less that 2 years, switched to the XS battery and haven't had an issue since. I also keep my battery connected to the charger 24/7 maintaining float mode.
So maybe the Rock/Moroso charger and XS battery is the best combo.....
July 31, 2019, 09:49 AM
green1
You might want to open it up and see if anything came loose inside, never know with all the rattling around going down the highway.
July 31, 2019, 10:45 AM
Lenny5160
quote:
Originally posted by BJs Wild Ride:
It will go to 21 volts if I’m not watching it.


Obviously you're just going to need to sit and watch it charge from now on.


Tony Leonard