Charging deep cycle battery

Submitted: Thursday, Jan 05, 2006 at 12:40
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He folk, been a while since posting or replying with 2 babies and all, but happy new year to you all and hope you had a good Christmas.

My Jackaroo has a 60 a/hr deep cycle auxillary battery in it. Went on a trip to the Far West Coast SA recently and performed admirably. Got it home and accidentally left the fridge going in very high temperatures with nothing in it for a couple of days, it struggled and completely drained the battery.

Took the car for a drive, restored al lot of the charge but not all. My question is, what is the best way (apart from driving) to restore the charge in my DC battery? I know I need a battery charger, but what type and charge rate? I currently have a 14 a/hr /2 a/hr (trickle) setup but could not get it to do anything on the trickle charge setting, which is what I thought Deep Cycles are supposed to need. The charger is fully automatic, is it OK to charge it on the 14a/hr setting and trust the charger to do the right thing and decrease a/hrs when getting full before switching off, or do I need a more moderate charge rate?

Auto shops/battery shops all giving conflicting information.

Also, will completely flattenning the battery (so much so that the level indicator didn't even show a 'low' light) affect future performance?

Also (Sorry!) I have heard that My 1999 model Engel 40l doesn't have a low voltage cutout or protection, but it still works fine even after running the battery out 2 or 3 times prior. Any comments/suggestions?
Thanks

D-Jack
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