[Shotimes] (OT) Battery tender/maintainer

[Donald Mallinson]

I have five battery tender JR's I bought through a 
motorcycle site:

http://www.accwhse.com/batteryt.htm

Best price I could find on the internet, and decent service. 
  Antique web site, but I just called them direct.

Since putting these on my stored cars and our tractors in 
the barn, we have not bought a new battery in two years, and 
have zero acid accumulation on stored vehicles.

Best thing you can do if you don't drive your vehicle 
(tractor, motorcycle) etc at least a couple times a week.

Batteries will last longer with these little devices.

Don Mallinson

Ron Porter wrote:
> FYI, for those with cars/boats/cycles/etc that need to have batteries
> maintained
> 
> I've already got two Schumachers myself and I am pretty happy with them, but
> these units look pretty interesting! I'll have to consider one of these
> if/when I need another one.
> 
> Dennis does a comparison to the Schumacher down in his post, which I find to
> be of interest.
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Liu [mailto:BigHeadDennis@Earthlink.net] 
> Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 1:13 AM
> To: 911/993/996
> Subject: [911] RE: Seeking advice on battery tender/maintainer
> 
> 
> The "Battery Tender" by Deltran, and sometimes marketed under other names,
> is intended exactly for this purpose -- to maintain the battery.  I've used
> one on my motorcycles for several years, and the 348 and 355 as well with no
> problems.  More info can be found here:
> http://www.batterytender.com/
> 
> It comes with two methods of attachment to your battery -- regular alligator
> clamps (like on jumper cables), or a connector where the ends terminate in
> metal o-rings (like a washer).  Each method connects to the charger through
> a little plug-together connector.  The o-ring connectors, intended for
> semi-permanent mounting, slip right through the bolts used to attach your
> terminals to your battery.  Then simply tie down the length of the wire,
> until you have only the other connector poking out into the trunk.  Thus,
> when you're in the garage, pop the lid, snap the two connectors together,
> and voila!
> 
> Alternatively, one can get a charger that attaches, piggyback style, to the
> battery (the most popular is manu. by Schumacher, and sometimes marketed as
> a "factory" charger, e.g. Ferrair); the 120v plug is located inside the car;
> you just have to connect an extension cord when needed.
> 
> Why do I consider the Deltran method better?  Well, I'm presuming that the
> Schumacher is also a computer controlled charger like the Deltran.  The
> primary advantage, in my mind, is that you don't have the charger sitting in
> the car -- only the wiring.  Thus, (a) it's lighter, (b) you can use one
> charger for more than one vehicle if you alternate, (c) the wire coming out
> of the trunk is thinner and you can in fact close the lid with the wire
> dangling out, if you wanted to so you can put the cover over the car, (d) I
> guess if the car gets stolen, you didn't lose the charger as well, (e) if
> the circuit breaker (or whatever) inside the Schumacher fails, it melts
> INSIDE the car, right next to your battery;  I'd prefer to have the thing
> melt down outside my car, not in it!!, and (f) another "clean" method of
> attaching a battery tender is to go to Radio Shack and buy a cigarette
> lighter adapter with a 9 foot cord attached.  Then wire this into the "hard
> wire" connector kit, by removing the o-ring connectors and splicing in the
> cigarette adapter instead.  No having to pop the hood anymore, just remove
> cigarette lighter and plug in, provided that the cigarette lighter is
> POWERED when the key is off.
> 
> vty,
> 
> --Dennis
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