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    Maintenance charger

    Maintenance chargers are advertised in some of the car magazines. My car battery has a regular charger on at two amps for a few hours about once a month when the car is stored for the winter. While it appears to have kept the battery ready for use, would it be better to have one of those units made for stored vehicles? Does such a device tend to extend battery life? My car is stored in a dry unheated garage.

    "It's like deja vu all over again."--Yogi Berra
    "Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional." author unknown
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    Stick the charger on a timer that just turns it on for a quarter hour a day.
    Then you can forget about the ritual.
    HTIH
    Jeff[8D]
    HTIH (Hope The Info Helps)

    Jeff

    Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. Mark Twain



    Note: SDC# 070190 (and earlier...)

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      Jeff: Thanks for the info. I may get booted out of the forum for asking...what does HTIH mean? I used to have acronyms listed as a favorite. It might be good if they were provided by FAQ for slow learners like me!

      "It's like deja vu all over again."--Yogi Berra
      "Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional." author unknown

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      • #4
        quote:Originally posted by Bob Bryant

        Maintenance chargers are advertised in some of the car magazines. My car battery has a regular charger on at two amps for a few hours about once a month when the car is stored for the winter. While it appears to have kept the battery ready for use, would it be better to have one of those units made for stored vehicles? Does such a device tend to extend battery life? My car is stored in a dry unheated garage.

        "It's like deja vu all over again."--Yogi Berra
        I use the Harbor Freight job, $10-$15.

        JDP/Maryland
        JDP Maryland

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        • #5
          Yes they actually do and I'm speaking from a motorcycle standpoint. Instead of buying one from a specialty shop or ones that cost over $50.00 you can buy them at the autoparts stores or even wal-mart. I'm not sure what you are looking at but the ones I've used come with ring terminals or clamps. The clamps are made so the ring terminal can screw to it.

          What I did was cut off the ring terminals off then soldered on and extension wire of about 5ft. On the end of that extension wire is one of those Two post plugs that looks exactly like a four flat trailer plug, only it's made for higher power. It was something like $2.00 and came with both the male and female sides. On the other side of the plug I also extended the wires and put ring terminals on to connect to the battery. Then covered the wire in small black flex loom and snaked it with the other wires to pop out in a good spot yet be hidden. This way I wouldn't have to remove my seat just to gain access to the battery.

          In the case of motorcycles, I'm not really sure why but a good two months of not riding and the battery will be dead.

          I did the same thing for our motorhomes' engine battery as well. The nice thing was is that the charger was mounted to the wall next to the electrical outlet and because it is only 4"x4"x1/2 tall it is pretty much out of the way. I roll the cable up and hang it up on the peg board hook next to the charger.

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