Battery Tender Substitute?
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c5-pewter
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St. Jude Donor '08
Battery Tender Substitute?
Car is in (commercial) storage for the winter, and I don't want to disconnect the battery for fear of losing all my settings. Unfortunately these storage compartments don't have electrical outlets to use a battery tender. However, I do have a "battery pack" for emergency purposes, and I wonder what good it would do to hook it up, to maintain the Red Top's charge a bit longer? What benefit/result, if any?Thanks for any input, and Regards, GRT
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Car is in (commercial) storage for the winter, and I don't want to disconnect the battery for fear of losing all my settings. Unfortunately these storage compartments don't have electrical outlets to use a battery tender. However, I do have a "battery pack" for emergency purposes, and I wonder what good it would do to hook it up, to maintain the Red Top's charge a bit longer? What benefit/result, if any?Thanks for any input, and Regards, GRT
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c5-pewter
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From: Coconut Creek Florida 33066
St. Jude Donor '08
Thanks for your reply! My thinking is that the battery pack will keep the battery charged, until I take pack home and recharge that. Then I repeat the cycle one or two times until April. The settings are certainly not a big concern. Perhaps "fear" was a poor choice of word. However, I'm obsessive about the seat position, and I'm forever readjusting it to get it just right. As for the radio, on AM it's not worth a hoot anyway, uless I'm sitting right next to the radio station. Regards, GRT
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Thanks for your reply! My thinking is that the battery pack will keep the battery charged, until I take pack home and recharge that. Then I repeat the cycle one or two times until April. The settings are certainly not a big concern. Perhaps "fear" was a poor choice of word. However, I'm obsessive about the seat position, and I'm forever readjusting it to get it just right. As for the radio, on AM it's not worth a hoot anyway, uless I'm sitting right next to the radio station. Regards, GRT
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Take the battery home, not a big deal. I have had two Battery Tender Plus' go up in smoke so I am now very gun shy about leaving a battery connected to anything for that long. Also, I have a fried who owned a car storage facility at his shop. He wouldn't allow anything like you are suggesting or a normal maintenance charger for that matter. You may want to check with the facility as they may not allow it either.
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