Is it OK to trickle charge a 2004 vette Battery
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Is it OK to trickle charge a 2004 vette Battery
I don't drive my vette that often, it's it OK to put a trickle charge on it & for how long?
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Better to do an auto-off maintainer than a charger. I'm very happy with the Ctek MUS 4.3 for example...
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Definitely a tender and not a charger. Many use Deltran. Personally, I have a few of these:
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battery maintainer for as long as you like....a Corvette battery is not special....
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I have been using a $4.99 HF trickle charger/maintainer on my Chevy Suburban for the past 3 years and it works perfectly fine to keep my battery fully charged, and sometimes I don't drive that for months at a time. You will never damage a battery the capacity of the Corvette's, or any car, with something that puts only 1-1.25 amps, so if you want to spend $50-80, mostly for hype, have at it. And like I've said before, you can also use one of those 12V 1-2amp power sources/battery chargers/adapters that everybody has lying around the house sitting unused for small electronic equipment that they no longer have or use. Save your money for something more valuable.
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Been using Battery Tender Plus's for a LONG time on everything you can think of with a battery from dinky little mower/motorcycle batteries to humongous Group size 31 cells for motorhomes. (and of course all of my Vettes). NEVER had a problem.
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I read on the forum that battery tender juniors were great. And I have used mine for over a year with no trouble. Amazon and Walmart have them for about 25 bucks.