Sorry for the long post, I am a bit wordy.
My wife bought me a NexStar Select EP with the Hobbico Dual Peak Charger and the two needed Electrifly 3600 battery packs ( I also have a glow trainer but that is a long story. ) I took the Peak Charger and made it panel ready for my field box as I understood that I needed to connect the Peak Charger to a 12V DC battery ( I have a TorqueMaster LC 12V 7Ah battery in my field box ). Fisrt question is, how long does it take for these things to be fully charged for the first charge and then subsequent charges. I was under the impression that it would be less than one hour as the manual says the Dual Charger will automatically cut of after 57 minutes to prevent over heating. When I first plugged them in, it took off and seemed like it was quick charging them. I stopped babysiting them after four hours. At that time the LED on the Dual Charger was still blinking amber stating the it is still charging. It is supposed to go green when complete. I decide to uplug it and let it sit over night. I plugged it back in yesterday and after about 30 minutes the whole thing cut off. Come to find out my field battery (which prior to starting the dual peak charge, I had charged for 16 hours ) was completey out of juice. So I am wonderinng, am I not suppoed to be charging things the way I am or do I have a defective field battery as it is new as well. Thanks.