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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:18 pm
by Nickc711
I was wondering who made a good trickle charger for maintaining batteries? I went through 2 walmart ones in the last year.. well the firt one lasted a year the other one a day.I was looking at Battery Tenders chargers but they only have seperate 6&12V chargers and i was looking for something with both 6 & 12 V functions. If i have to, i guess i could buy two battery tenders??
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:41 pm
by wright
I have a Battery Tender got it at Auto Zone it dose 6 volt and 12 volt, have had it about 5 years with no problem, knock on wood.
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:53 pm
by Nickc711
I have a Battery Tender got it at Auto Zone it dose 6 volt and 12 volt, have had it about 5 years with no problem, knock on wood.
I didnt see that on their website?,
http://batterytender.com/default.php?cPath...45f1ca54eb99fa7this is the same battery tender correct..
the one i bought from walmart was a schumacher
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:54 pm
by wright
Sorry, the one have is a battery companion made by Schumacher, but it still works good, must of thought about buying the battery tender or it was right next to the one i got?
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:55 pm
by Nickc711
Sorry, the one have is a battery companion made by Schumacher, but it still works good, must of thought about buying the battery tender or it was right next to the one i got?
ya thats the one i have. It seems only to fail on the 6v batteries..it failed on 6v batteries both times, it was also two seperate 6v batteries...do you charge any 6v batteries?
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:53 pm
by Canniboomer
Most of the chargers are made in China these days, and are not consistent. It's a crap shoot. The better ones actually put out LESS trickle current.
To be safest, use the smaller trickler, and keep it plugged into an Xmas tree timer, and set to 3 or 4 hours daily. Those timers should be going on sale right now!
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:19 pm
by Psychosis
I've used a battery tender that does both 6 and 12v but only use the 12v. One's lasted about 4yrs now and the other 3yrs and when the quads are together I've always just left them plugged in 24hrs a day unless the quad was off. Whenever the quad was sitting still it'd be plugged in. Have yet to replace one.
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:18 pm
by Nickc711
I've used a battery tender that does both 6 and 12v but only use the 12v. One's lasted about 4yrs now and the other 3yrs and when the quads are together I've always just left them plugged in 24hrs a day unless the quad was off. Whenever the quad was sitting still it'd be plugged in. Have yet to replace one.
what kind? and model?
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 12:06 am
by Psychosis
I honestly don't have a clue. Bought them both on Ebay awhile back. All I know is it says Battery tender on them. I can get the model numbers but they are currently in a storage compartment and can't right now.
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 12:50 am
by Canniboomer
I mis-understood the first post. We haven't had many chargers fail, and probably have about 10 of them here in just about every model. But several batteries have failed from over-bubbling with even the lowest "rated" chargers, and not consistently with a particular brand of charger. That's why limiting the ON cycle with a timer has certainly helped the battery life. But, whether that would prolong the life of a borderline charger, I have no clue.