My '74 911 got a new Optima battery in Mar 99 shortly after I bought
it. From day 1 I kept a Battery Tender like this one
(http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Battery-Tender-12V-Maintainer-Trickle-Charger-12-Volt-Junior-021-0123-/321746137390?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item4ae990712e)
that I bought
ATTABOY on the write-up/instructions/procedures, Grant.
Wilton
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Battery
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Battery Maintainers
As owner of quite a number of vehicles [currently 17], I've become
something of a skilled person in the art
The Battery Minder line was recommended by Aviation Consumer magazine a
couple of years ago to keep these expensive aircraft lead acid batteries in
shape for those who don't fly often. I have the model 12112 that I use when
I know the plane won't be flown for more than three weeks. there are
As owner of quite a number of vehicles [currently 17], I've become
something of a skilled person in the art of keeping the seldom driven
vehicle operational.
1. Invest in a battery disconnect switch. Harbor Freight sells one that
costs about $7. Put it in the ground cable and when you park the
The $6 ones from Harbor Freight always worked for me, assuming the battery
started out fully charged and the maintainer hadn't died. Gotta check the LEDs
every once in a while to make sure it's working.
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Well, it came with the airplane, and hasn't damaged the battery yet . . .
I do remember reading something like that, now that you shared it. Must be
why I don't use it on anything else :-)
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
wrote:
Since your model is an
On Tue, 12 May 2015 16:13:44 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
The Battery Minder line was recommended by Aviation Consumer magazine
a couple of years ago to keep these expensive aircraft lead acid
batteries in shape for those who don't fly often. I have the model
12112
The $6 ones from Harbor Freight always worked for me, assuming the
battery started out fully charged and the maintainer hadn't died.
Gotta check the LEDs every once in a while to make sure it's working.
Those are what I use.
-- Jim
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Craig asks:
Does anyone have experience with the battery maintainers which are
supposed to keep a battery in good condition during prolonged storage?
The Battery Tender line of products is good. Not cheap though.
Does anyone have experience with the battery maintainers which are
supposed to keep a battery in good condition during prolonged storage?
I was using a small one I got from my father's estate to keep the battery
for the '94 E320 charged, but when Kaleb came to get the car, we found
the battery
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