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Black & Decker VEC1095ABD Smart Battery 25/10/2 Amp Battery Charger | 
| Brand: Black & Decker
Category: Automotive Parts And Accessories
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $78.04
You Save: $21.95 (22%)
New (7) from $78.04
Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 574
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 35
Dimensions (in): 11 x 7 x 9
MPN: VEC1095ABD
Model: VEC1095ABD
UPC: 617977109560
EAN: 0617977109560
ASIN: B000EJV5II
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Spark-resistant design for added safety | | • | Reverse hook-up warning alarm to prevent damage to vehicle or electronics | | • | Features easy connectivity for battery clips and ring terminals or vehicle DC plug | | • | Two year warranty | | • | Spark resistant reverse hook-up protection |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Sold as each. 25/10/2 amp. With 75 amp engine start. 12 volt battery charger. Digital display shows charge rate, operating mode. Alternator voltage and battery voltage check. Battery type selector. Fully automatic with float mode monitoring. 3 minute charge to start. 3-stage automatic rapid charging. Cables and clamps self stored. Internal short circuit protection. Reverse polarity indicator. Compensates for low AC from extension cord use. Boxed. Manufacturer's number: VEC1095ABD. Country of origin: China. Distributed by Vector Manufacturing.
Amazon.com Product Description
When your car battery goes dead, a jump-start is only a quick fix for the problem that may reoccur. The solution is to recharge the battery, using a product like the Black & Decker Smart Battery Charger. Fully Automatic Charging
The Smart Battery Charger is fully automatic and electronic, with a Digital Smart microprocessor control and an LED indicator for selecting your charging rate. The three stage automatic rapid charging operates at 25 amps, 10 amps, and 2 amps with an average 1 minute engine start time and 2.5 hour full battery charge. 
The Smart Battery Charger features 3-stage recharging technology. View larger. | Works with Any Vehicle
The Smart Battery Charger is ideal for any 12-volt lead-acid battery types, including those that power cars, boats, lawn mowers, RVs, ATVs and more. State-of-the-Art Technology
It uses a 3-stage automatic high-frequency charging technology to build the battery back up to its normal output level, making it more efficient at charging than conventional model chargers. Built-in Safety Precautions
The Smart Battery Charger also has a spark-resistant reverse hook-up and overcharge protection circuit built into it to insure that the clamps are not accidentally affixed to the opposite terminals, which would damage the battery. The automatic float mode monitoring tells the unit when the battery is ready to avoid overcharging. Warranty
Black & Decker offers a full 2-year warranty.
What's in the box
The Black & Decker Smart Battery Charger unit and heavy-duty cables and clamps.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 More useful than I would have guessed. December 28, 2008
Daniel Neiman (Rowley, MA United States)
Bought this to charge a marine battery and didn't expect to use it much. But I was wrong, courtesy of a balky lawn mower and an aging car. The charger does just what it's supposed to do and does it well. As a bonus, it's very light and portable.
Didn't pay any attention to the quick jump feature when I bought it but it bailed me out recently when I left the lights on in the car and killed the battery. Attached the cables, charged it up, the car turned over and I was out the driveway.
Switching battery charger at bargain price December 2, 2008
M. Friese (Tustin, CA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This B&D charger uses a switching power supply which makes it quite light. The inside of this charger contains almost nothing... just a fan and a circuit board; the large outside dimensions are retained to remind people this charger is just as powerful as its big and heavy cousins. Some of that volume is used for cord and clamp storage.
This battery charger is different from most battery chargers you have ever used. Most old school chargers are built around a big iron line transformer attached to a diode bridge. Those designs rely on the voltage drop in the transformer and diodes to "current limit" the charge... but they really do a marginal job of it.
The B&D charger uses high frequency switching electronics and a tiny, tiny transformer. Unlike like "old iron" chargers, the current is actively regulated to a precise point until the battery voltage rises to where the charger switches to constant voltage mode. This allows you to charge at a maximum safe rate even as the battery voltage rises. The charge rate in amps is always displayed on a two digit LED display.
A caution: The 25 amp range is too high for charging a gas automobile battery if you wish the longest possible lifetime for your battery. Always use 10 amps if you are not in a hurry. 25 amps is good for the impatient, golf carts, deep cycle batteries, and diesel batteries.
This charger does not spark when you connect the clamps... even if you hook them up backward! Current only flows once the charger is satisfied that it is connected to a battery.
This is the best designed and most innovative battery charger I have seen. And the price is right too!
 Nice while it lasted August 29, 2008
Lori (Roseau, Minnesota)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Worked great but broke in less than a year. I didn't even use it that much. Fan still runs, but display and other lights don't work.
 I like the way it works. There is a place for everything. July 30, 2008
J. Demers
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I liked it very much. It does all that things that I want it to do and some of the things I didn't think of. It is well build and easy to understand. The quick start is great and the slow charge is a nice feature. I would buy it again.
little charger packs a BIG wollop June 2, 2008
Robert Salatiello
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased this charger to use on a recent fishing trip to Canada. We do a lot of trolling with an electric trolling motor attached to our 16 ft boat. It's not unusual for us to discharge a deep-cycle marine battery after a whole day of fishing. So we needed something that could fully-recharge our batteries overnight. This B&D 25/10/2 charger worked like a charm!! Easy set-up too. I give this product five-stars. It worked flawlessly and exactly as expected.
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