Dakota Lithium 12V 3 Amp LiFePO4 Battery Charger for 12V - 7Ah, 10Ah, and 23Ah Batteries Review

It's been sitting in my garage for a week now and I've used it to charge 3 different brands of lithium batteries. Everything worked great after a full charge.

This little charger for my Dakota Lithium PSU is fine. But whatever you do, don't plug it into an extension cord. It says clearly on the box but I forgot and made it anyway. If you make the mistake of plugging it into an extension cord, you'll know you've made a terrible mistake the moment you see the smoke. I bought my Hurricane system. here in Houston.

I like it but the charger is green when not on battery. It glows red (excellent) when running on battery power and green when swapped out. I look at the camera from a distance and check if it's plugged into the charger. Green, I think it's on the pins, but it's often misaligned and shows green. Difficulty charging. I WISH it wouldn't glow when not on battery and then red/green when on battery.

I bought this 3 amp charger knowing it would take me a while to charge my 24Ah LiFePO4 battery. But even with 12.6 volts on the battery, it took about 9 hours for the red light on the charger to turn green and the battery to reach 13.4 volts. I use the battery in my kayak so I don't have to fully charge it right away. Overnight charging is fine. The info says it's for batteries up to 23Ah so I push it to charge my 24Ah. They make a larger 10 amp charger but I went with the cheaper one. I just…

Dakota Lithium Batteries EXCELLENT! your charger? Not as much. If you are investing in a LifePO battery, there are better third-party chargers that work much better. With the Dakota charger I purchased, the instructions state that when charging, the light should not flash while the battery is being charged. Every time I charged the battery, it would quickly blink red and then turn green while charging. Of course it worked, but I didn't have a lot of faith in this product and you have to be…