[93 Vette]

I have used the Battery Tender Plus, Battery Tender Jr and the Battery Tender International 2 Bank versions for the past 15 years or so. In fact I have about 4 running at any given time in my garage. I use the cigarette lighter adapters for 3 of my cars and a ring terminal harness directly attached to the battery on a 4th vehicle for quick connections. I have even used one in the past to keep the battery in my riding mower charged up by attaching the ring terminal harness directly to the mowers battery.

On the ZR-1 that I recently purchased the previous owner had a battery disconnect terminal attached to the battery. After a few weeks of owning the car I went out to the garage one morning and the car woudn't start at all. Turns out that the battery disconnect went bad and stopped making contact even when in the connected mode. I removed the battery disconnect and all was good again. For now I'll stick with using the Battery Tenders although I like the idea of not having cords running around my garage.

Also, if you do use the alligator clips you can still keep the hood open by removing the under hood light fuse located near the drivers side headlight.

Matt