Getting ready for Winter Storage...
10-26-2010, 03:44 PM
#31
Team Owner
Any chance y'all are overthinking this? My solution has always been to wash the car, stick it in the garage, and take it out for a 20-minute drive every three weeks or so. Never any problems with batteries, flatspotted tires, or anything else.
10-26-2010, 04:07 PM
#32
A trickle charger feeds your battery a steady supply of current whether it needs it or not. In extreme cases, I've seen guys boil motorcycle-size batteries dry with these, and even blow them up. A maintainer monitors your battery's condition and rate of discharge and supplies current to replace what's lost as needed.
10-26-2010, 04:09 PM
#33
Look at your profile picture, enough said.
10-26-2010, 04:36 PM
#34
Ryan, the link I posted is not a trickle charger but a maintainer.... I said trickle charger originally but meant a maintainer.... agreed with Bruce, trickle chargers are usually used for reviving dying batteries.
10-26-2010, 04:51 PM
#35
Yeah, but look at the condition your car is in. Geez.
10-27-2010, 04:34 PM
#36
Burning Brakes
This is the most user friendly battery maintainer that I found... Plugs in the cigarette lighter and the wall... no need to put adapters on the battery itself.
What do you guys think of this one?
http://www.automotion.com/genuine-po...aintainer.html
What do you guys think of this one?
http://www.automotion.com/genuine-po...aintainer.html
10-27-2010, 04:36 PM
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This is the most user friendly battery maintainer that I found... Plugs in the cigarette lighter and the wall... no need to put adapters on the battery itself.
What do you guys think of this one?
http://www.automotion.com/genuine-po...aintainer.html
What do you guys think of this one?
http://www.automotion.com/genuine-po...aintainer.html
10-27-2010, 04:41 PM
#38
This is the one I use. Not sure what the functional difference is between this and that.
http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/...0Version%29%09
http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/...0Version%29%09
10-27-2010, 04:43 PM
#39
Burning Brakes
This is the one I use. Not sure what the functional difference is between this and that.
http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/...0Version%29%09
http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/...0Version%29%09
10-27-2010, 04:46 PM
#40
Burning Brakes
http://www.suncoastparts.com/product...y_Code=996elec
10-27-2010, 07:24 PM
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You are right! Correct me if I'm wrong, I do not need the clamps if the battery is still hooked to the car?
http://www.suncoastparts.com/product...y_Code=996elec
http://www.suncoastparts.com/product...y_Code=996elec
I plug in every chance I get, unless I know I will use the car again that day. Plugged in the entire hibernation period.
10-28-2010, 11:22 AM
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