Unfortunately car is stored in the garage - no sun
fordcrzy,
Jun 7, 9:48am
theyusually have long leads. put it outside
campmother2002,
Jun 7, 9:51am
THERE ARE PLENTY TRICKLE CHARGERS AVAILABLE THAT CAN BE LEFT CONNECTED ALL THE TIME, ARE VERY SAFE
pdh,
Jun 7, 9:53am
So the one above is OK?
campmother2002,
Jun 7, 9:56am
This can be purchased at Jaycar, Tech Central, Repco, Super Cheap. They are small and expensive but do a great job. You need a Power point. From a Retired Electician
cteck are good. get a decent sized one. they all drop down to trickle charge after main charging is done. trickle charger is good but whats better is a charger that turns completely off after trickle charging.
clark20,
Jun 7, 9:37pm
Ctek are good, and yes, you want one that switches off
nzjay,
Jun 8, 2:38am
Ctec switch the charge off when optimum charge is reached and starts over again when the voltage drops a little. This actually works the battery a little and helps stop sulphation of the plates. A little dearer, but a very good long term charger. Search online or try Repco.
tamarillo,
Jun 8, 4:25am
Says it has a maintenance function so that would work I guess. I have a trickle on my bike. It has a plug hard wired to battery and I just plug it in and leave it. Very common for bikes and 12 volts so can't see why won't work on car. Mine is an Oxford.
ozz1,
Jun 8, 4:39am
just disconnect the battery.
jason_247,
Jun 8, 10:58pm
not sure why you would have it on a timer. It is designed to be left on and will go into its maintenance program. just like almost every charger sold today
This means it charges up to full voltage, 13.8-14.2 usually then switches off, it then doesn't do a thing until the voltage drops below a certain level, usually around 12.9v then it charges again. this will wait off regardless of whether it takes 20 mins or 2 years to drop its voltage.
running it on a timer means it likely wont get time to do all the stages to get to a full charge. they can pulse and analyse for 6+ hours.
nzjay,
Jul 11, 5:28pm
Oxford is another good one that switches off when fully charged. Some cheap ones don't, but go into a quite low "maintenance charge" of a few milliamps. Lead acid batteries actually don't like this and it will cause sulphation of the plates over time.
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