I've used Battery Tenders on my motorcycle and track car for years. They work great.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 21, 2016, at 10:46 AM, Holland Phillips <hollandphill...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > That's the whole marketing approach used by Battery Tender. They claim you > connect one of their chargers to your battery, and forget it. The electronics > in the charger will prevent over charging. > > ~Holland > >> On Mar 21, 2016 08:42, "Larry Velez" <la...@sinu.com> wrote: >> Had to look that up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere-hour >> >> >> >> This looks useful for testing batteries, but I do want something I can keep >> on the cars at all times and not have to remember to charge them. Do >> collectors keep tenders on the cars all the time or do batteries have to >> ‘rest’ from charging or are some charges smart enough to figure all this out? >> >> >> >> I’ll borrow this from you and play with it to see the health of the >> batteries. But will continue to look for a ‘set and forget’ solution to >> keep them topped off. >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> -Larry >> >> >> >> From: mk2-16v@googlegroups.com [mailto:mk2-16v@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Chad Rebuck >> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 11:34 AM >> To: mk2-16v@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: [mk2-16v] Battery Tender Longevity? >> >> >> >> I use a battery charger similar to this, along with an ac power cord from a >> laptop. If I let my car sit for an extended time I top off the battery >> every month or so. >> >> >> >> I also charge a few lipo batteries with it so it isn't dedicated to charging >> car batteries. Tells you how much you've added back in too, which is >> helpful so you know just how low your battery was before the charge. I >> added about 11,000 mah this weekend to my 16v battery. I think total >> capacity is around 40,000 for the battery so it wasn't too too low. It took >> a few hours to add/charge the 11,000 mah back in to the battery. >> >> >> >> I have one of these chargers I can give you. >> >> >> >> <image001.png> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Larry Velez <la...@sinu.com> wrote: >> >> My battery tender Jr. does not seem to be charging the batteries I am trying >> to use it on anymore. Do these things die after a while? >> >> >> >> I assume there is no hard in having them connected to a battery all the >> time? I try to swap between the Mk2 and the E30 but now it seems like it >> is not charging either battery. >> >> >> >> Might have to step up to a better one. Is this $200 fancy Optima one >> worth the extra money in anyone’s opinion? >> http://www.amazon.com/Optima-Digital-Performance-Battery-Maintainer/dp/B009M3PQFA >> >> >> >> Dying batteries is what led to the world of pain I am still in on my 16V. >> The battery would not stay charged and I was forced to park it away from an >> outlet (because NYC!) so it ended up sitting longer than it should have >> which caused the ethanol heavy gas to muck everything up… now I fear >> uncharged batteries. >> >> >> >> Larry >> >> 91 GTI 16V >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MK2-16v" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/753c16362e4149ed9bb1948698cc1818%40MBX082-E1-VA-2.EXCH082.SERVERPOD.NET. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MK2-16v" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CA%2BV5SC-LeGcfWXfJKhDhrW9iXL2v7fL8m6jsjYn%2BGsYOgTawUQ%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MK2-16v" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/1985bd79c95947b29c1d38c15862bd27%40MBX082-E1-VA-2.EXCH082.SERVERPOD.NET. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MK2-16v" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mk2-16v+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to mk2-16v@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CABrbKBkMooZBg4U8ZmCqfX87Fr-fD6gFN7fJhnKxnRX341f7dg%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. 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