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Great info Don, thank you.
Rye
> On Oct 28, 2022, at 11:06 AM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock@gmail.com> =
wrote:
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> Rye, the 8-step charging-maintenance profile shown on that Porsche =
maintainer looks quite a bit like the one used by CTEK, especially the =
step 7 fully charged / step 8 long term float. I wouldn't be surprised =
if CTEK guts were inside the Porsche "battery" packaging. CTEK make =
maintainers for a number of luxury-performance marques.
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> <Screen Shot 2022-10-28 at 1.03.49 PM.png>
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> On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 12:55 PM Rye Livingston <ryel@mac.com =
> My son, who is a mechanic, gave me a Milwaukee 18 volt drill and =
it=E2=80=99s pretty amazing.
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> As for a trickle charger, be aware and do your homework as I=E2=80=99ve =
learned that they aren=E2=80=99t as plug and play as you=E2=80=99d =
think. A restoration shop I=E2=80=99m using told me even the Battery =
Tender Junior he=E2=80=99s seen catch fire and burn up the car and the =
garage it=E2=80=99s in. I now have a timer on the trickle charger so it =
will cycle on and off every other day. I also have an Airsteam trailer =
and found out the hard way, not a fire thankfully, that even the =
charger/converter that came with the trailer when plugged into shore =
power baked the 2 deep cycle batteries. I was then directed to new unit =
on Amazon that I installed, that is designed to plug in and leave it for =
months and months, no issue.
>=20
> Back to a battery charger for your car, this one is crazy expensive =
which I received as a gift from my wife for my Porsche 356. Before using =
it I checked to see if this was a plug and play for months charger, and =
it is.
> https://www.stoddard.com/pcg35661171.html =
<https://www.stoddard.com/pcg35661171.html>
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> So I=E2=80=99ll be watching this topic to see if there are other =
chargers out there that are safe to leave plugged in for months at a =
time.
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> Good luck,
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> Rye Livingston
> Activities Chairman
> Triumph Travelers Sports Car Club
> 1960 Triumph TR3A
> PH: 530-FIND-RYE
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> PS: Don=E2=80=99t forget to start planning for Drive Your Triumph Day, =
2/10/2023
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>> My wife just asked what I wanted on my Christmas list =E2=80=93 joy!
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>> I=E2=80=99d like to get trickle chargers which I can plug in and =
forget about when we are away during the winter. What recommendations =
do you have?
>> =20
>> Also, my cordless drill is old and done: again, any recommendations?
>> =20
>> Andrew Uprichard
>> Jackson, Michigan
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Great=
info Don, thank you.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">Rye</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" =
class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Oct 28, 2022, at 11:06 AM, Don Hiscock =
<<a href=3D"mailto:don.hiscock@gmail.com"; =
class=3D"">don.hiscock@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Rye, =
the 8-step charging-maintenance profile shown on that Porsche maintainer =
looks quite a bit like the one used by CTEK, especially the step 7 fully =
charged / step 8 long term float. I wouldn't be surprised if CTEK =
guts were inside the Porsche "battery" packaging. CTEK make =
maintainers for a number of luxury-performance marques.</div><div =
class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" =
style=3D"font-size:small"><img =
src=3D"https://www.stoddard.com/media/catalog/product/cache/22b84834e3e8f5=
79eba2d554c4292e65/p/c/pcg-356-611-71-pic8.jpg" width=3D"480" =
height=3D"490" class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" =
style=3D"font-size:small"><span id=3D"cid:ii_l9st1q620"><Screen Shot =
2022-10-28 at 1.03.49 PM.png></span><br class=3D""></div></div><br =
class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 12:55 PM Rye Livingston =
<<a href=3D"mailto:ryel@mac.com"; class=3D"">ryel@mac.com</a>> =
wrote:<br class=3D""></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid =
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"overflow-wrap: =
break-word;" class=3D"">My son, who is a mechanic, gave me a Milwaukee =
18 volt drill and it=E2=80=99s pretty amazing.<div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">As for a trickle charger, be aware and =
do your homework as I=E2=80=99ve learned that they aren=E2=80=99t as =
plug and play as you=E2=80=99d think. A restoration shop I=E2=80=99m=
using told me even the Battery Tender Junior he=E2=80=99s seen catch =
fire and burn up the car and the garage it=E2=80=99s in. I now =
have a timer on the trickle charger so it will cycle on and off every =
other day. I also have an Airsteam trailer and found out the hard =
way, not a fire thankfully, that even the charger/converter that came =
with the trailer when plugged into shore power baked the 2 deep cycle =
batteries. I was then directed to new unit on Amazon that I =
installed, that is designed to plug in and leave it for months and =
months, no issue.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">Back to a battery charger for your car, this one is crazy =
expensive which I received as a gift from my wife for my Porsche 356. =
Before using it I checked to see if this was a plug and play for months =
charger, and it is.</div><div class=3D""><a =
href=3D"https://www.stoddard.com/pcg35661171.html"; target=3D"_blank" =
class=3D"">https://www.stoddard.com/pcg35661171.html</a></div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">So I=E2=80=99ll be =
watching this topic to see if there are other chargers out there that =
are safe to leave plugged in for months at a time.</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Good luck,</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><div =
style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Arial" class=3D"">Rye Livingston</font></div><div =
style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Arial" class=3D"">Activities Chairman</font></div><div =
style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Arial" class=3D"">Triumph Travelers Sports Car =
Club</font></div><div style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" =
class=3D""><font face=3D"Arial" class=3D"">1960 Triumph =
TR3A</font></div><div style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" =
class=3D""><span style=3D"float:none;display:inline" class=3D""><font =
face=3D"Arial" class=3D"">PH: 530-FIND-RYE</font></span></div></div><div =
style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=3D""><span =
style=3D"float:none;display:inline" class=3D""><font face=3D"Arial" =
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style=3D"float:none;display:inline" class=3D""><font face=3D"Arial" =
class=3D"">PS: Don=E2=80=99t forget to start planning for Drive Your =
Triumph Day, 2/10/2023</font></span></div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br =
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class=3D"">On Oct 28, 2022, at 6:50 AM, auprichard <a =
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class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" =
class=3D"">My wife just asked what I wanted on my Christmas list =E2=80=93=
joy!<u class=3D""></u><u class=3D""></u></span></div><div =
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class=3D"">I=E2=80=99d like to get trickle chargers which I can plug in =
and forget about when we are away during the winter. What =
recommendations do you have?<u class=3D""></u><u =
class=3D""></u></span></div><div =
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