RE: Battery Tenders

[Henry Yap <HYap@ORECK.com>]

I got mine from wal mart, for $12.00 on clearence


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> From:	DGaries808@aol.com [SMTP:DGaries808@aol.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, April 25, 2001 1:31 PM
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> Subject:	Re: Battery Tenders
> 
> In a message dated 4/25/01 7:29:44 AM Central Daylight Time, 
> mikemore@rocketmail.com writes:
> 
> << Subj:     Re: Battery Tenders
>  Date:  4/25/01 7:29:44 AM Central Daylight Time
>  From:  mikemore@rocketmail.com (Mike Morehouse)
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>  
>  Glen,
>  
>  Though I don't need one now, I'd like the info if you
>  are passing it to others.
>  
>  Thanks,
>  
>  Mike Morehouse
>  --- Glen Hadley <glenh@www.mebbs.com> wrote:
>  > A trickle charger is very easy to put together. 
>  > They must
>  > get $60 for them because they are painted VW red or
>  > something.  A small transformer, a diode and a
>  > resistor will
>  > make one that will do what you need.  If you contact
>  > me by
>  > p-mail, I'll try to work up the exact values, given
>  > the
>  > battery size/voltage, if you are interested.  They
>  > wouldn't
>  > necessarily be pretty, but they'd be good.  (PS--Be
>  > sure to
>  > keep the name of the thread so I won't delete
>  > out-of-hand.)
>  > 
>  > "Paul A. Kagel" wrote:
>  > > 
>  > > they have trickle chargers at harbor freight and
>  > they also have ones that work
>  > > off of solar power.
>  > > 
>  > > DGaries808@aol.com wrote:
>  > > 
>  > > > I need to buy seven battery tenders, three for
>  > 12-volt cars, three for 6-volt
>  > > > cars, and one for an electric scooter. Is the
>  > outfit that manufactures these
>  > > > devices called "Halon
>  > > > Marketing USA, Inc.? I wonder if these ole boys
>  > will give a good deal on
>  > > > seven at a
>  > > > time? They sell for $60 each ... that's $420 for
>  > seven of them.
>  > > >
>  > > > I guess what I really need to know is whether
>  > Halon is the manufacturer of
>  > > > them. Then I can ask for a deal on them. These
>  > are supposed to be "trickle
>  > > > chargers" to increase the life of batteries.
>  > > >
>  > > > Don Garies
>  > > > dgaries808@aol.com
>  > > >
>  > > 
>  > 
>  >
>  > 
>  
>  
>  =====
>  Mike Morehouse
>  1972 Texas Yellow Bug Sedan - "Sue"
>  1971 Red Karmann Ghia Cabriolet - "Melisande"
>  mikemore@rocketmail.com
>  Opelika, Alabama
>  Ephesians 2:8-9
>  
> I have pretty well settled on the Battery Tender brand, even though they
> are 
> expensive. What I've found out about them is that Ron Hansen has one on
> his 
> 1963
> bug, and he hasn't touched the battery in about two years (except to take
> it 
> off for showing and replacing it after the show). That's exactly what I
> want. 
> I heard that one
> user had got about 10 years life out of his battery. That's also what I
> want. 
> I was replacing batteries on every car about once a year, and I whought
> there 
> was nothing I could do about it. The ole boy at Sho & Go also had great 
> things to say about the Battery Tender brand. The Battery Tender charges
> the 
> battery and then shuts off. It comes back on automatically was the battery
> 
> gets low and always maintains a charged battery while in storage. In spite
> of 
> things I have read about this charger doing so-and-so and that charger
> doing 
> this and that, the Battery Tender brand seems to me the way to go. I'm 
> ordering 7 and looking for about a 10% volume discount.
> 
> Don Garies
> dgaries808@aol.com
> 
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