Re: Battery Tenders

["Timothy Lanterman" <lanterma@hotmail.com>]

Motorcycle Accessory Warehouse has sweet deals on battery tenders. 
www.mawonline.com

Tim

'70 squareback


>From: "" <fuzzyface57@hotmail.com>
>To: type3@vwtype3.org
>Subject: Re: Battery Tenders
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 19:03:54
>
>    Most motorcycle shops have got 1/2 amp battery maintainer kits (charger
>and pigtail to mount to battery) available for around $20.00 USD.
>Tom
>'72 Vagrant Variant
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
>Reply-To: jadney@vwtype3.org
>To: type3@vwtype3.org
>Subject: Re: Battery Tenders
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 08:50:26 -0500
>
>On 23 Apr 2001, at 22:55, DGaries808@aol.com wrote:
>
> >  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.
>
>I've used several things for this kind of service, but the best I have
>found is a cheap Sears 12V charger. I think it is just a 4A/8A
>version, but on the low setting the charge current (into a charged
>up battery) is low enough that it could be left on indefinitely. They
>are a lot cheaper than $60.
>
>Another way to approach this is to use any old charger and hook it
>up via a lamp timer set to run 1 hour a day.
>
>I don't know if Sears still has any 6V/12V chargers, but it would be
>worth checking out.
>
>
>-
>Jim Adney
>jadney@vwtype3.org
>Madison, WI 53711-3054
>USA
>
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