Oh, yeah, I should have mentioned that. It's nowhere near an electric
outlet, and in fact will spend a large portion of its life in airport
parking lots waiting on me to get back from where ever it is I've gone,
sometimes for weeks at a time. Hence the solar, and not a Battery Tender.
And it will have brand spanking new batteries, since the last long sit
seems to have finally killed the old ones. I've heard several good
reviews on cars, I'm just wondering if the having second battery will
somehow require more current to keep both healthy. I would think not,
and that that extra battery is just to turn over the diesel in winter if
I were to happen to live in North Dakota, but I'm not an electrical
engineer, so...
Scott
On 10/11/2010 10:32 AM, Arvid Jedlicka wrote:
> I have also used the BatteryMinder products with great success on the
> MR2's and the GSXR. Having said that, I have a truck that I use every
> three to six months and it could use a batter maintainer but it is not
> in a location where an outlet is readily available.
>
> Therefore my question is "has anyone had any experience with the solar
> powered ones to either recommend it or say it is not worth the time or
> money given that a 120v outlet is not handy?"
>
> Thanks,
> Arvid
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek@ameritech.net>
> To: "'Scott Hall'" <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>; "'Shop Talk List'"
> <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Solar car battery chargers
>
>
>> While a solar charger will save a tiny amount of electricity, I've had
>> excellent results from BatteryMinder products. They make a full line of
>> computer chargers that monitor the battery's state of charge, top the
>> battery up as necessary, will never overcharge, and also continually
>> desulphate the battery.
>>
>> I've stretched extra years from batteries that were ready to be replaced
>> before I started them on the BatteryMinder.
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