DARTH VETTER

What are you guys using?

Icecap

I have one I paid about $45 for. It came with 3 adapters 1 for cigar lighter, another with alligator clips and a 3rd you can hard wire and leave in place. They all plug in with a polarized plug so no risk of wrong polarity. It has a 2 amp charge capability and milliamp output for battery maintenance. Bought it at an auto supply store and I keep it in the engine compartment and drop the power cord down to the ground between the body and exhaust manifold when the car is stored.

Grimlock13

Ctek 3300 with cigar lighter adapter.

It is the same as the optional Corvette branded one that could be purchased as an option but is about half the price.

This is a maintainer only. If the battery is already dead it won't help.

69 L46 4 Speed

I use the CTEK that was ordered with the car. It works great. If I don't plan to drive the car for more than a couple of days I plug it in. It only has the cigarette lighter plug. I run it under the passenger door. There is a small slot in the rocker to lay the cord in.

RobLo

Battery Tender by Deltran (the original)...I have it connected to the battery with an extended (10 ft. I think) cord, zip tied along the passenger side engine compartment and coming out the grill. Every time I back into the garage I connect the BT and forget about it...

Cuckoo

Schumacher SP3 3 Amp Automatic Battery Extender / Maintainer from Amazon, $34. No reason to buy anything more expensive.

Works great and has the attachments you need.

You might be able to find it at Walmart too.

FortMorganAl

Deltran Battery Tender Jr. The smaller one charges slower so it will theoretically do less damage during the charge cycle with the downside that it can take an hour or more to get back to a full charge after driving. If I were to ever have a discharged battery and needed a quick charge I would use a regular charger. But for a maintainer the smaller the better.

cmonkey713

This is what I have on recommendation from Interstate Battery techs in Ft. Worth Texas. Works great, has both AGM and conventional battery settings.

HoldHard

Does it come standard with the cigarette lighter adapter? There is a picture of it on Amazon but that can sometimes be misleading.
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Homer3D

Using this now on my Corvette ever since my "corvette" branded CTEK died.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Racer1735

I use the Black and Decker battery maintainer:




Very cheap, but handles a variety of dry and wet cell batteries. I crack the window to run the plug into the car and plug it into the cigarette lighter in the armrest.

whitleyred

I need help my C6 battery is dead I've tried everything car won't open

Homer3D

This is off topic but you can open the door using the key via the trunk. Just use the key to pop the trunk and pull the cable to open the driver door.

Cuckoo

Yes, mine came with the cig adapter.

Sabre34

I bought a battery tender around five years ago. I still haven’t used it, but, I’m ready!

449er

I have the same model & it works great, just plug it into the cigarette lighter & forget it

dmaxx3500

ctek 4.3

Zero_6

Am I one of the rare one's where my vette still cranks after weeks sitting? I've gone 5 weeks without starting my vette but all this battery tender talk makes me want to buy one.

Moonrunner

Four of my vehicles sit for 5 to 6 months annually. Two vettes and two motorcycles plugged into Battery Minder, maintainer/desulphater. $25 from Amazon. Both motorcycle batteries going on 6 years. I have used Battery Tenders but the Battery Minders come with longer cords and run cooler..

VETYGUD

I have two Batteryminders that I have used for several years and prefer over the Battery Tenders.