Battery tender - where to mount?
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St. Jude Donor '07
Battery tender - where to mount?
I recently picked up a battery tender designed to be permanently mounted in the car (http://store.schumachermart.com/se-1-12s.html). Where would be a good mounting location? If I mount it next to the battery, I have to figure out some way of getting the power plug outside. If I mount it in the engine bay, I'll have super-long leads. Any suggestions?
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I keep mine in the passenger storage compartment hard wired to teh battery with the wires running under the middle storage compartment tray.
I then just keep the plug handy so when I pull in and hook up the tender I just feed an extension cord into the cabin, hook it up, and walk away.
I toyed with the idea of running a weather proof extension cord out of the bottom of the storage compartment, and mounting the end of that cord somewhere easily accessible under the rear of the car. Just bend over, grab the cord, and plug it in.
That would only add a few feet to the leads, and when you're talking AC current a few feet is nothing.
I then just keep the plug handy so when I pull in and hook up the tender I just feed an extension cord into the cabin, hook it up, and walk away.
I toyed with the idea of running a weather proof extension cord out of the bottom of the storage compartment, and mounting the end of that cord somewhere easily accessible under the rear of the car. Just bend over, grab the cord, and plug it in.
That would only add a few feet to the leads, and when you're talking AC current a few feet is nothing.
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From: Kingston Ontario
I keep mine in the passenger storage compartment hard wired to teh battery with the wires running under the middle storage compartment tray.
I then just keep the plug handy so when I pull in and hook up the tender I just feed an extension cord into the cabin, hook it up, and walk away.
I toyed with the idea of running a weather proof extension cord out of the bottom of the storage compartment, and mounting the end of that cord somewhere easily accessible under the rear of the car. Just bend over, grab the cord, and plug it in.
That would only add a few feet to the leads, and when you're talking AC current a few feet is nothing.
I then just keep the plug handy so when I pull in and hook up the tender I just feed an extension cord into the cabin, hook it up, and walk away.
I toyed with the idea of running a weather proof extension cord out of the bottom of the storage compartment, and mounting the end of that cord somewhere easily accessible under the rear of the car. Just bend over, grab the cord, and plug it in.
That would only add a few feet to the leads, and when you're talking AC current a few feet is nothing.
DB
You should disconnect that hard wired battery tender and see if your gen warning light functions properly.
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From: central FL, near the beach.
i put RCA jacks on my 3 cars.
RCA plug on my tender.
once a week i plug each car in 1 nite.
tender stays on extention cord, where, if it catches fire, it won't burn anything else.(neighbor had his vette burn up when tender shorted)
RCA plug on my tender.
once a week i plug each car in 1 nite.
tender stays on extention cord, where, if it catches fire, it won't burn anything else.(neighbor had his vette burn up when tender shorted)
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