battery tender

eagle64 · Post by **eagle64** » Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:34 pm

I was reading some place that a person was putting his 6 v battery tender on his vehicle. And I wondered if there is such a thing.. and Am I doing it wrong.
during this time of rebuilding m38, I have newer batteries sitting on the work bench, and I hook them up to my battery tender to keep them up until I can put them back in again. Now this is after I came in from working on it that I thought of it.
is there a difference in tenders. If I'm using a good old wally world tender will it damage my batteries?

Post by **wesk** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:26 am

There are plain trickle chargers that charge at 1 or 2 amps continuously. These are not good to use for long periods.

There are quality float chargers that bring the battery to a full charge and then automatically quit. Then at a pre-determined level below full charge they will automatically turn on again and repeat the cycle over and over. This is the charger you should be using.

aforests · Post by **aforests** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:22 am

I have been looking at this charger. Seems like it would do a good job.

http://www.amazon.com/NOCO-G7200-UltraS ... B004LWTHP2

Hawkshadow · Post by **Hawkshadow** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:36 pm

I highly suggest the Bosch C7 charger. The 24v charging is great!
http://www.amazon.com/Bosch-C7-24-Volt- ... B004TRYBZU