Battery Tenders

[Dynomite]

Originally Posted by Paul Workman

Yeah, but in South Dakota, even eggs will last till spring!

[Schrade]

Warning: THREAD HIJACK!

Originally Posted by Paul Workman

Yeah, but in South Dakota, even eggs will last till spring!

With Global Warming, such as it, approaching absolute ZERO on the Kelvin scale (on MY planet anyway), eggs will last 'till you need a sweater in Hades!!!

[Karl]

I am using this model I purchased from O'Riley auto parts:

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...0360&ppt=C0371

So far so good. I started the zr-1 this past weekend for the first time in about a month. Fired right up and volts looked good.

[HAWAIIZR-1]

I have been using a Battery Tender Jr. for almost 10 years and it still works and great at that. I have used it on a variety of standard lead/acid batteries as well as my current Odessey and love it.

[tf95ZR1]

Originally Posted by Dynomite

so what I do is just disconnect the negative or positive terminals (negative on ZR1s).

I used to do exactly this. Problems were:
1) I had to reset the radio settings and the ECM had to reprogram after
power cycling.
2) My terminals started to wear down after tightening & loosening them
so many times. This was my main issue.
3) Blood loss from my busted knuckles started to add up.

I decided (for me) it was ALOT better to hook up a BT. I've used one for
about 3 years with no issues- car starts right up. And to be honest, its a cheapy from Harbor Freight. Your results may vary.

[Dynomite]

Originally Posted by tf95ZR1

I used to do exactly this. Problems were:
1) I had to reset the radio settings and the ECM had to reprogram after
power cycling.
2) My terminals started to wear down after tightening & loosening them
so many times. This was my main issue.
3) Blood loss from my busted knuckles started to add up.

I decided (for me) it was ALOT better to hook up a BT. I've used one for
about 3 years with no issues- car starts right up. And to be honest, its a cheapy from Harbor Freight. Your results may vary.

Yep....correct on radio settings and ECM but I do not use radio much....I use CD

No wear for me on terminals especially the screw on like ZR-1....I just snug up the 5/16 head bolt using a 8 mm flex head ratched wrench and call it a day.

I do not twist the standard terminals.....just loosen and lift off....terminals are clean.

And absolutely no busted knuckles

Do not have to leave electricity on.
No conglomerate of wires and extension cords.
No wrapping/unwrapping of extension cords every time I want to fire the vehicles/machines up.
No chance of fire with hot electricity attached to all vehicles/machines
Minimal battery terminal corrosion.
If vehicles/machines are to be shut down for 2-3 or more weeks I disconnect the batteries otherwise leave batteries connected.

Includes, cars, trucks, tractors, ATVs......and I can shut down AC in shed with no need of any electricity.

But the bottom line for me is simply too many machines/vehicles in sheds with batteries and batteries seem to keep good charge disconnected (only one post disconnected).

Too Many Corvettes

[BigJohn]

There's a CD???

[ZR1North]

Just adding my positive review for Battery Tender. I've been using them for 8-10 years with great results. As noted, the National Corvette Museum has them at a very competitive price (they were on sale for $49 last month). Something to consider as we look for more ways to support NCM.

[GOLDCYLON]

Originally Posted by BigJohn

There's a CD???

How else would Cliff get to listen to his favorite CD?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi2h0vPLCto

[BigJohn]

I don't know, I never turn on the radio!!!!