Trickle Charger Compatibility?
12-31-2007, 12:34 PM
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I bought the same thing at AutoStrasse a few years ago, and it did absolutely nothing in the cigarette lighter. I used the aligator clips instead.
Funny thing is, it did nothing there either. I still ended up discharging the battery. And the one after that. And the one after that.
I found that disconecting the battery terminals and having it charged at a shop in the spring to have worked fine, until my car ate that battery as well......
Notice a pattern here with our cars?
Funny thing is, it did nothing there either. I still ended up discharging the battery. And the one after that. And the one after that.
I found that disconecting the battery terminals and having it charged at a shop in the spring to have worked fine, until my car ate that battery as well......
Notice a pattern here with our cars?
12-31-2007, 12:50 PM
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I use one of these on my bike. It works great. http://www.batterytender.com/
Also, you can always just disconnect the battery. Its free! Or the quick disconnects.
Also, you can always just disconnect the battery. Its free! Or the quick disconnects.
12-31-2007, 12:54 PM
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I use one of these on my bike. It works great. http://www.batterytender.com/
Also, you can always just disconnect the battery. Its free! Or the quick disconnects.
Also, you can always just disconnect the battery. Its free! Or the quick disconnects.
12-31-2007, 12:59 PM
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12-31-2007, 08:26 PM
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My car has one. It is an '89 951.
It works perfectly.
I'm not sure how this 'information' helps anything... None of my VWs ever turned off the lighter socket for what it's worth, but -most importantly-, my 951 doesn't do it either.
My car used to be stored indoors under a cover (and over a Carrera GT!) with the tires over-filled and the trickle-charger hooked up. It always worked perfectly.
Keith
It works perfectly.
I'm not sure how this 'information' helps anything... None of my VWs ever turned off the lighter socket for what it's worth, but -most importantly-, my 951 doesn't do it either.
My car used to be stored indoors under a cover (and over a Carrera GT!) with the tires over-filled and the trickle-charger hooked up. It always worked perfectly.
Keith
