02-06-2007, 07:12 PM
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Battery charger for storage
Can anyone recommend a good battery charger for winter storage that won't boil my battery?
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02-06-2007, 07:42 PM
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do a search for BatteryTender. I use them on everything with excellent results.
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02-06-2007, 07:43 PM
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I just picked up a 1.5 amp charger with a "float" feature. keeps the battery at full charge and cuts off and starts again automaticly. Cost about 30 bucks at autozone.
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02-06-2007, 09:31 PM
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BatteryMINDer is the device you need to keep your batteries up to par with out boiling out the fluid.
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02-07-2007, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by aldo
Can anyone recommend a good battery charger for winter storage that won't boil my battery?
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They've always worked fine for me, and the price is right!
bs
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02-07-2007, 08:10 AM
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I'm not unfamiliar with battery chargers and charging regiments. Owning a cruising sailboat with a large (600 amp hr+) bank has taught me the value of sophisticated and very expensive multistage chargers and monitoring computers. I was having a hard time believing that these small inexpensive chargers actually worked. Maybe the old adage that everything "marine" is unnecessarily expensive is true. Thanks for all the advice, I just ordered a "battery tender".
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Last edited by aldo; 02-07-2007 at 08:12 AM.
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02-07-2007, 12:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aldo
I'm not unfamiliar with battery chargers and charging regiments. Owning a cruising sailboat with a large (600 amp hr+) bank has taught me the value of sophisticated and very expensive multistage chargers and monitoring computers. I was having a hard time believing that these small inexpensive chargers actually worked. Maybe the old adage that everything "marine" is unnecessarily expensive is true. Thanks for all the advice, I just ordered a "battery tender".
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As for the cheapies, I don't think the circuitry is all that complicated to detect when a battery is getting overcharged. Also, they are not going deliver a ton of current and charge your battery in an hour. They might take a week or more to fully charge a battery.
As a trickle charger, to keep a battery from draining, they work fine for me.
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12-18-2007, 04:21 PM
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12-18-2007, 09:15 PM
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The best battery charger
Hello,
I have had motorcycles for years and have gone through my share of batteries. At the present time I have seven motercycles all of which have chargers on 24 / 7. I even have a small generator on a charger. Any of my cycles or equipment will start with no problem at any time. Best of all I no longer buy battries. The charger that I use is a Optimate. Check out the website. I have also included a website for the best deep cycle battery money can buy. I hope that this helps
Tom
OptiMate Battery Optimiser, battery charger
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12-18-2007, 11:05 PM
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battery tender - have 3 cars all doing great with them...
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12-19-2007, 04:53 AM
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I realize that some folks believe that Harbor Freight stuff is rubbish, but this charger has worked fine for years.
Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices
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12-19-2007, 07:10 AM
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I also have had excellent success with the inexpensive Harbor Freight maintainers - on sale frequently for ~$7. I've been using them for 3 years, have about 6 or 7 of them on various batteries for cars, lawn tractor, small 12 volt utility batteries, etc.
Gary Knox
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12-22-2007, 05:58 AM
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Immediate gratification...go to Walmart. Black and Decker was about $18.00 and comes with a plug set up to attach to the battery...just unplug and drive, the charger/maintainer stays pluged in to an outlet at home.
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12-23-2007, 01:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by soccersimon
battery tender - have 3 cars all doing great with them...
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-Raffi
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