What ctek for a 24v system

[ozskippy]

Hey guys so I am on the hunt for a new charger for my 24v system for the minn Kota - 2 105 amp/h full river agm's.. Looking at a ctek what model do people recommend?? Is ctek still the way to go?? Had a look at some older posts but was needing the model number.. Also is it true that there are two types - one that has a 2 year warranty and one with a 5 year warranty .. Is there a marine version .. I just want a plug into the wall and connect to the battery's when I get home system not on board

[Fed]

Do you need to recharge overnight or i there no great rush?
Are you happy to be jumping in & out of the boat swapping connections & monitoring the progress or do you want to plug it in & forget it?

[charleville]

CTEK make a 15A "marine" charger than can sit outside in the weather. You will, of course, need to charge one battery at time.

I bought one for a tad under $300, delivered, from this crowd ... http://rvtek.com.au/store/index.php?...roducts_id=154 That was the best price in Australia at the time.

As per a previous thread of mine, their delivery performance was stunning as was the warranty performance of the distributor which happens to be in Brisbane. See my previous thread ... http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/sho...attery-charger

[Aussie123]

I bought a M300 Ctek a few days ago as I have been having trouble with the 3 deep cycles in my boat.
2 weekends ago when supposedly fully charged they would not turn the prop on my bow mount.
From what I can work out,my old charger has died and even though it says it is charging it was not so over time my batteries went so dead they would not register on the hydrometer.
Every cell was under 1100 on the hydro across the 3 batteries.
I got this new M300 and started charging the first bank (2 x 6v 240 AH) batteries and after an hour the CTEK said they were charged.
The hdro said under 1100 so I thought the batteries were damaged from no charge for so long.
I was expecting an $800 battery bill for replacement so I was not happy.
I switched the CTEK to recond mode to see what happened and after 6 hours the hydrometer was reading 1200 so I switched back to full charge mode and a few hours later they were showing in the green.
Same happened with the house battery but this one was worse than the cranking batteries as it was not getting any charge from the motor at all due to being always isolated.
It wouldnt accept a charge at all so I went to recond mode overnight and this morning all cells are back to 1200.
I just switched to full charge so later today I will see if it takes a full charge like the other bank did.
So far I am extremely impressed with the CTEK M300.
It also comes with a bonus 0.8ah charger to leave permanently hooked up.

[ozskippy]

Has anybody got a mxt140000 ???

[Aussie123]

Has anybody got a mxt140000 ???

Are you after new or second hand.
I can get them for $380 delivered

[ozskippy]

A new one was just wondering if that was the best model for me to get?..

[Aussie123]

In Ctek it is your only choice for that amperage.
This is there current 24v models available

CT4000/24----CTEK Multi XT 24V 4A

CT14000/24---CTEK MXT 14 (24V 14A)

CT14000EXT---CTEK MXT 14 (24V 14A) Extended Includes: - Wall Hanger 300, Comfort Connect & 6.5M Cables

CTMXTS70---CTEK MXS 75 12/24 50A (70A in supply mode)

[ozskippy]

How much can you get the extended model for?...

[Aussie123]

The CT14000EXT model is around $455 plus freight

[Aussie123]

Hey ozskippy.
I cannot answer your pm,please empty your inbox
Lance

[Triple]

Can anyone get the charger side connectors?

[ozskippy]

Inbox now emptied sorry about that!!!

[The guru]

I have the XT14000, purchased in 2011. Its mounted under the side console and permanently connected to the 2 batteries that power the minn kota. I pretty much leave it on when the boat is out of the water (I leave a smaller ctek on the cranking battery as well). I haven’t had any worries with the unit just plug it in and it does its thing. The batteries are always good to go.

I also have a redarc SBI12 (battery isolator) rigged to the redarc VI360D (boosts 12 to 24v) to charge while the outboard is running.

I have foundt his system to work really well and have never had an issue with battery power for the minn kota.

Cheers
Justin

[ozskippy]

Thanks mate yep think I am going to go with the ctek.. Just to to pay off the fine I got Friday!!! Dammit