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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 03:55 PM
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any advice-pro or con on using this to keep battery charged during winter?
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by donhaton
any advice-pro or con on using this to keep battery charged during winter?
I use one, works great. They won't "overcharge" the battery.

http://www.batterytender.com/
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 04:01 PM
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I've been using mine for 3 years! Never a problem and money well spent

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Just got one and seems to be working great. I'm using it for winter storage too.
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 04:45 PM
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they work great even on my motorcycles
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Originally Posted by jsdanehy
they work great even on my motorcycles
...boats, SkiDoo's, JetSki's...


Originally Posted by Mr. Jean
Just got one and seems to be working great. I'm using it for winter storage too.
I rest easier at night knowing that you won't kill your computer or burn your house down


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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 05:33 PM
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2nd year with mine. No problemo.
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I have two of them...I've been using one for just over 10 years and a newer one since last summer, both on OPTIMA batteries.
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 09:04 PM
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Just got one for Christmas. So far so good.
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by donhaton
any advice-pro or con on using this to keep battery charged during winter?
I went to start my vette today and it would'nt go just did a lot of click clicking...?????? I had the battery minder on it for 3 months.never had a problem with it before. ??
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Originally Posted by Mr. Jean
Just got one and seems to be working great. I'm using it for winter storage too.

Ditto.
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 09:08 PM
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Love my battery tender plus have had the car hooked up to it since oct, and it will hooked up till april.I have used it for 3 years.
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Love my battery tender plus, using it now for the 3rd winter.
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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I picked up a couple of Black & Decker units from wallyworld super cheap and am going to give those a shot. A number of people have used them with great success. .....and yes...I did say "unit"
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Old Jan 20, 2007 | 10:32 PM
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Got three in use right now. Don't waste your $$$ on expensive unts. Harbor Freight has them for $15 or less.
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I've got one hooked up to my car and it works just fine. Not a single problem keeping the battery charged.
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Originally Posted by scottyo
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