[rwaudio]

there are some small and inexpensive cameras with wireless video senders for RC airplane/car use one of those might work. but your solution is still a very manual one, I would think a system that turns off the charger automatically when it goes below a certain current draw would be more useful. Or even a simple timer (like for block heaters or lights etc) that way you just give it a little extra time to make sure it's charged and let it turn off the charger. There still might be some idle time, but it would be less than the full 16 hours.

 

[dtbaker]

if you have a good grip on how long its going to charge based on miles driven, just put it on a manual timer... I had to do this toward the end of FLA life because it never reached the final voltage to tell charger it was done. I had to manually click off to prevent it from cooking along in the de-sulph phase and never finishing....

 

[Ziggythewiz]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll hadn't thought to look at RC plane cams. Even with a timer I'll want to be able to easily check charge status, just to make sure I'm always getting fully charged.

Any good suggestions for a cheap timer that is grounded and can handle 20-30 amps?

 

[pm_dawn]

You could use a timer and a 20-30A AC motor contactor.

Use the cheap timer to control the contator engage input.

Regards
/Per