Best "Battery Maintainer"?

[Eric_P]

Any suggestions. As I tuck it away for the Winter, aside from some work on it here and there, it is gonna just sit. What is the best trickle charger to maintain the battery.

 

[Keoke]

Hi Eric, IMOP VDC Electronics Battery Maintainer is one of the best. It contains a patented Desulfation capability that will extend the battery life as well as regenerate some sulfated older ones.---Fwiw--Keoke

 

[tahoe healey]

Personally, I start the car weekly and move it a few inches so the pressure is not constant on the wire wheels and tires.

 

[Randy Harris]

I bought one from JC Whitney a few years ago. I use it every winter and it has never let me down. Inexpensive and reliable. Check it out:

https://tinyurl.com/rgnm7

Cheers!

Randy '66 BJ8

 

[Keoke]

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I bought one from JC Whitney a few years ago. I use it every winter and it has never let me down. Inexpensive and reliable. Check it out:

https://tinyurl.com/rgnm7

Cheers!



Randy '66 BJ8

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How "U" tell when winter come? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif You should keep it on the battery when ever the car is not running even if only for a few days.---Keoke- /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif

 

[Randy Harris]

Keoke - I know when winter comes because the outside temperature drops by 5 degrees and my wife no longer wears white :>) Last year I took the cars out every month but February. (See attached winter view from my deck) Sorry East Coasters.

Randy '66 BJ8, '68 E-type OTS

 

[bighly]

Drive it every chance you get when it is warmer drier.

 

[Gearhead]

I've been real happy with the battery maintainer made by Schumaker battery products only chargers 1/2 amps and shuts off when a full charge is reached .Mark

 

[dklawson]

On the other extreme, the el-cheapo float-charger units from Harbor Freight also work quite well. With any trickle charger you should take a look at the fluid level in the cells periodically just to be safe.

Starting the car every couple of weeks is a good idea anyway just to keep the scuz from forming in/on the carb parts as the gas gets old.

 

[Arch 93]

I've had two Schumacher chargers in the same number of years. Niether one worked and I bought two batteries as a result. Needless to say, I woundn't buy another.