[TR] Trickle chargers and drills

[Don Hiscock]

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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On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 12:55 PM Rye Livingston <ryel at mac.com> wrote:

> My son, who is a mechanic, gave me a Milwaukee 18 volt drill and it’s
> pretty amazing.
>
> As for a trickle charger, be aware and do your homework as I’ve learned
> that they aren’t as plug and play as you’d think.  A restoration shop I’m
> using told me even the Battery Tender Junior he’s seen catch fire and burn
> up the car and the garage it’s 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.
>
> 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
>
> So I’ll 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.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Rye Livingston
> Activities Chairman
> Triumph Travelers Sports Car Club
> 1960 Triumph TR3A
> PH: 530-FIND-RYE
>
> PS: Don’t forget to start planning for Drive Your Triumph Day, 2/10/2023
>
>
>
> On Oct 28, 2022, at 6:50 AM, auprichard uprichard.net <
> auprichard at uprichard.net> wrote:
>
> My wife just asked what I wanted on my Christmas list – joy!
>
> I’d 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?
>
> Also, my cordless drill is old and done:  again, any recommendations?
>
> Andrew Uprichard
> Jackson, Michigan
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