Battery maintainer
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Topic: Battery maintainer
Posted By: 2McPods
Subject: Battery maintainer
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2014 at 9:57am
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Hello, any thoughts on battery tricklers/maintainers? Good,better,best brands? Thanks ------------- Everything Happens 4 A Reason Pat & Viki McCartney 2015 171 {2McPods} 2014 F150 Pittsburgh, Pa |
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Posted By: johnmaci
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2014 at 10:25am
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I have three Deltran battery Tender Jr's, and they work great for my three marine batteries. Very inexpensive too.
If the battery state is low, it will stay red for a few days bringing up, then will turn and stay green in trickle. |
Posted By: furpod
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2014 at 2:00pm
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The pod has a pretty good built in system, if you can park/store within reach of an outlet.
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Posted By: Sleepless
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2014 at 5:34pm
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If you need to recondition a deep cycle battery, members of the 2 shrimping and fishing clubs I belong to here in east central Florida swear by the Battery Minder. This is not a "battery tender" but a unit that will actually extend the life of an old or neglected 12 volt deep cycle battery. I have been using mine for about 12 years and can normally keep these batteries for about 6 years. http://www.amazon.com/BatteryMINDer-Charger-Maintainer-Desulfator-System/dp/B00D7HZ6FC ------------- 2014 R-Pod 178 (OUR POD) 2009 Chevrolet Avalanche |
Posted By: freezingalaskan
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2014 at 7:24pm
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For winter I take the battery out of the pod and have it in my garage together with motorcycle/generator maintaining purposes. I use this Optima device and switch between the batteries periodically. More expensive than the Battery Tender, but "more fun to look at".
http://www.amazon.com/Optima-150-40008-Battery-Charger/dp/B00DHGPVKI/ref=sr_1_57?ie=UTF8&qid=1409786567&sr=8-57&keywords=battery+maintainer freezingalaskan ------------- Volvo XC90 '13 rPod 179 '16 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 03 Sep 2014 at 8:05pm
Sounds like a situation where the batts should be topped off with a charger first, usually the battery tenders only output 1-2 amps. On older batteries especially, that would barely keep up with the self-discharge rate, let alone put a charge on them. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: WillThrill
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2014 at 9:16pm
That's a great point. 'Trickle' chargers often don't have sufficient amperage to charge up batteries. On top of that, they output a constant voltage/amperage, no matter what. You NEVER want that. You want a charger/maintainer that is 'smart' and adjusts its output according to the state of your batteries. Like others, I have had great success with my Battery Minder #1500. It takes the ambient temperature into account, which is a great plus. However, battery maintainers like this should only be used AFTER the batteries are fully charged or nearly so. ------------- "Not all those who wander are lost." Tolkien 2014 Hood River 177 2005 GMC Envoy XL |