Binding: Tools & Hardware
Brand: Black & Decker
EAN: 0617977108662
Feature: Spark-resistant design for added safety
Item Dimensions: Array
Label: Black & Decker
Manufacturer: Black & Decker
Model: VEC1086BBD
MPN: VEC1086BBD
Publisher: Black & Decker
Studio: Black & Decker

• 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

• Battery Bug Starting BB-SBM12 Battery Monitor

8 minute charge to start (Bulk Charge/Rapid Start), 3 stage high frequency automatic rapid charge, Microprocessor control (Digital Smart Control, Unit compensates for low AC from extension cord use, High-frequency power conversion technology.
When your car battery goes dead, a jump-start is only a quick fix for a problem that might reoccur. The best 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 6 amps, 4 amps, or 2 amps to build the battery's charge back up to its correct output.

The Smart Battery Charger features 3-stage technology to recharge nearly any vehicle battery. View larger.

The Smart Battery Charger has a reverse hook-up warning alarm.

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 wrong 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 two year warranty on the Smart Battery Charger.

What's in the box
The Black & Decker Smart Battery Charger unit and heavy-duty cables and clamps.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Too small for large batteries
Comment: I purchased the VEC1086BBD to charge deep cycle marine batteries. Unfortunately it too small for such use and no matter how long I kept it running it never seemed to top off the batteries. I ended up exchanging it for the larger VEC1087CBD which works much better and provides more feedback.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: WORKS GREAT for CHARGING A DEAD CAR BATTERY.
Comment: I charged a dead car battery using the VEC1086BBD. When used correctly this unit revived a battery that had been dead for a year after a 1.5 hour charge.

READ THIS IS YOU'VE HAD PROBLEMS CHARGING A CAR BATTERY W/ VEC1086BBD:
(and the instructions didn't help)

-Once you have attached the leads to the battery with the proper polarity and plugged the charger into an AC source, the charger will make a humming noise, but it is NOT charging yet.

-Activate the unit by depressing the button (there's only one button) and repeat to cycle through the 6/4/2 amp settings. If it goes into fault
Press the button again repeatedly if needed until it gets out of fault mode. Press firmly and deliberately!

Additional button presses will cycle to your desired current setting (6A or 4A).

The GREEN LED must be lit or the device is not charging! This may all sound obvious but it was a REAL PAIN and a GIANT waste of time to figure this out.

Warning: **If you rapidly and repeatedly press this button you may cause the circuit breaker in your house to shut off power in your home. Not a big deal though. Just go reset the house breakers.

One more thing I noticed:
After you set to 6A/4A/2A, observe the unit for about 30 seconds until it has stabilized. Check on it periodically thereafter. This is because the unit drifts sometimes into fault mode--by itself.

Hope this helps.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for starting riding mower
Comment: I bought this item specifically for my riding mower which had been sitting all winter long. Plugged in the charger for a couple of hours and the riding mower started right up.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Should be called "Plug-in Battery Charger"
Comment: I purchased this product thinking it would save me from being stranded on a deserted road with a dead car battery. Not so. Not till I purchased it, unpacked it, and thoroughly scrutinized the manual that I discovered that the charger needed to be plugged in to an outlet to work; in other words, it's only useful if you're within extension-cord distance from your home. A lot of the reviews on this site for this product are from people using it to charge small recreational vehicles, mowers, etc. If you want to use this product for your car, forget it. It also requires a very specific type of extension cord; in the "preparing to charge" portion of the instructions, users are instructed to "clean the battery terminals" and then "add distilled water to cells until battery acid reaches level specified by battery manufacturer." The manual also suggests removing the battery from the vehicle in order to charge it, in some instances. I didn't intend to become a car mechanic by purchasing and utilizing this charger. Find a portable one; this one's not worth the trouble.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: DOES EXACTLY WHAT IT SHOULD!
Comment: I bought this for my riding mower, because the battery is not what it used to be. I hooked the charger up, and yes it's alittle loud but the mower is not near the house so that's not an issue for me. I let it charge over night and it started like a champ. The next time I went to cut the grass...you guessed it it was dead, so I hooked it up for about 20 mins. which gave me just enough juice to turn the engine over.
Great product!

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