ORIGINAL: swixtt
well thanks for all the input and suggestions. i guess i just didn't want to 'chop off' the gator clips because i thought i might need them in case my power panel battery died. it's happened to me before and i just use older UPS batteries when that happens and they are too big to fit under my panel.
My charger came with banana plugs that go into the 110 v power supply. It also came with a pair of clips that slide onto the banana plugs. This lets me run the charger from either my power panel or with the clips directly to a 12 v battery.