Black & Decker VEC1087CBD Smart Battery 10/6/2 Amp Battery Charger

by Black & Decker

Product 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

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 7 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000EJTI4G
• Item model number: VEC1087CBD
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,577 in Automotive (See Top 100 in Automotive)
  • #72 in Automotive > Tools & Equipment > Jump Starters, Battery Chargers & Portable Power > Battery Chargers
  • #78 in Automotive > Motorcycle & ATV > Parts > Electrical > Batteries
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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 10 amps, 6 amps, and 2 amps, with an average 5 minute engine start time and 4.5 hour full battery charge.

The Smart Battery Charger features 3-stage technology. View larger.

This device also features a reverse hook-up warning alarm.

The LED display lets you know when the battery is fully charged.

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.

Product Description

The Black & Decker automatic Smart Battery charger is spark-resistant and features a reverse hook-up, overcharge protection, and solid state circuitry. It features three-stage, automatic, high-frequency charging technology for quick and easy charging.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars B&D VEC 1087 CBD review, November 30, 2006

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consumer45 (SLC, Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black & Decker VEC1087CBD Smart Battery 10/6/2 Amp Battery Charger (Tools & Home Improvement)

I just got this charger - *beware* Amazon has falsely indicated that this unit supports battery reconditioning - It doesn't - that is why I got it! I can't tell if the other units have it or not as I don't believe amazon's site and B&D's doesn't say so - however the review on the VEC 1093 says it reconditions. AMAZON please update the desciptions and picts on these products to be more clear!

That said - the unit is well enough designed although I wish it didn't have a noisey fan running all the time and the control panel feels cheap - but it works. The readout of battery voltage is a nice touch. I would recommend this IF the VEC 1095 doesn't support reconditioning - otherwise I would spend the extra $ and get that one.

I still may return this if I can find out what the VEC 1095 has

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These chargers are good but have some caveats, July 7, 2010

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David - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black & Decker VEC1087CBD Smart Battery 10/6/2 Amp Battery Charger (Tools & Home Improvement)

Good battery charger that tries to do the least damage to the battery when charging while also trying to post the least risk of fire hazard. Most battery chargers can be annoying, especially these smart chargers but they do what they do mostly to protect the user and the battery. Most batteries have issues with charging because the voltage is too low and or you choose too fast of a charge rate. Charging severely discharged batteries is difficult whether it be a smart or a dumb charger.

Here is the procedure for charging 12v batteries that are very discharged with a standing voltage of less than 9V. First you attach the battery charger to the dead battery. Then, with some jumper cables, attach a mostly charged battery (around 12v) to the dead battery in parallel using the jumper cables (Positive to Positive, Negative to Negative). The charger should detect a voltage of 12v, then charge at the lowest rate (2 amps) with this configuration for at least 3 hours. After 3 hours, you should be able to disconnect the "good" (charged) battery and be able to continue charging the "bad" (discharged) battery at the lowest charge rate. If you're desperate to get things up and running ASAP, wait until the battery is charged up to 11.8V then if you want, you can choose a higher charge rate. Don't choose a fast charge rate when bringing a severely discharged battery up to 11v otherwise you'll receive error codes.

Error codes are very common and you pretty much have to play around with it until it begins to charge.

Battery chargers don't allow for charging of severely discharged batteries as a precaution because they don't want people charging 6V batteries accidentally or creating sparks by having it output 10a of electricity when there isn't anything hooked up. I've successfully charged about 15 car batteries with about 8 of them below 3V, some as low as 0V with this method. These chargers work great, it's just that you have to understand how they work in order to get them to do what you want.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good charger, March 15, 2008

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L. Leuzinger "www.pantanal.biz" (Pantanal, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black & Decker VEC1087CBD Smart Battery 10/6/2 Amp Battery Charger (Tools & Home Improvement)

I bought this charger over a year ago and use it a lot for 2 trolling motor batteries of 80 Ah each. It charges them fast and efficient and keeps their Amps in maintenance mode.
The clamps don't look like the ones on the picture, they are cheap clamps, that's why I take one star off, but that doesn't influence too much.