Trickle charger ?
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Trickle charger ?
Any recommendation for a trickle charger? My 2014 e350 sits in the garage much of the time and yesterday the battery went dead-ish, a AAA jump start restored it.
2nd, any recommendations for a Indy mechanic in the Sacramento CA area to install a wiring harness so I don’t have to open the hood and remove the cowling to attach trickle charger?
thanks in advance.
2nd, any recommendations for a Indy mechanic in the Sacramento CA area to install a wiring harness so I don’t have to open the hood and remove the cowling to attach trickle charger?
thanks in advance.
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trickle is a positive care....
Any recommendation for a trickle charger? My 2014 e350 sits in the garage much of the time and yesterday the battery went dead-ish, a AAA jump start restored it.
2nd, any recommendations for a Indy mechanic in the Sacramento CA area to install a wiring harness so I don’t have to open the hood and remove the cowling to attach trickle charger?
thanks in advance.
2nd, any recommendations for a Indy mechanic in the Sacramento CA area to install a wiring harness so I don’t have to open the hood and remove the cowling to attach trickle charger?
thanks in advance.
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I do not believe any covers need to be removed to acces charging points. It's a clean quick easy process.
Also have a look in your trunk right next to the spare tire. Your AUX battery may need charging as well.
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Once the charging of both batteries is complete, you may want to disconnect them for 5mn to reboot your car computers.
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As Cali and Key mentioned, no need to remove anything to attach the trickle charger. Slide the red cap away from the + access point and attach - to the ground point nearby.
I happen to use a Battery Tender Jr. I charge up each of my cars overnight once a week or so.
I happen to use a Battery Tender Jr. I charge up each of my cars overnight once a week or so.
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There is lot of misleading information about chargers, but typical trickle charger is the last charger you'd want hook up to your MB.
What you need for your purpose is battery MAINTAINER with FLOAT CIRCUIT that will keep the battery at desired voltage.
Having lot of seasonal toys, I've been using HF maintainers for decades.
https://www.harborfreight.com/automa...ger-64284.html
They also have more expensive option with small plugs so you could bolt it to wiring under the hood and have small plug stick in front grille.
This way you can also reinforce the cable to make it self -unplug in case you have senior moment.
During Covid times, I was hooking up maintainers even when car sit only for 5 days. This way my lovely ECO mode was working 1 mile away from the house, when otherwise it takes over 10 miles to start working.
What you need for your purpose is battery MAINTAINER with FLOAT CIRCUIT that will keep the battery at desired voltage.
Having lot of seasonal toys, I've been using HF maintainers for decades.
https://www.harborfreight.com/automa...ger-64284.html
They also have more expensive option with small plugs so you could bolt it to wiring under the hood and have small plug stick in front grille.
This way you can also reinforce the cable to make it self -unplug in case you have senior moment.
During Covid times, I was hooking up maintainers even when car sit only for 5 days. This way my lovely ECO mode was working 1 mile away from the house, when otherwise it takes over 10 miles to start working.
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I have been using the TecMate charger on my W212, never had issues
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My NOCO Genius 10 charger reverts to battery maintenance mode once its confirmed the battery is already charged, and even if the power is interrupted, it automatically goes back to maintenance mode when the power is restored.
my diesel truck, that sometimes sits out in the driveway for months at a time, has a 10 watt solar battery tender for its dual group 65's.
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Lot of owners never check the chargers, while their higher than recommended voltage shortens battery life. Is your battery lasting over 10 years like well maintained does?
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I've had several Shumacher chargers crap out on me. they made a lot of the Sears Diehard branded chargers, too. The last one I had, which was supposed to be a multistage 'smart' charger, if the power failed, it didn't come back on til you reset it and selected maintenance mode again, thats USELESS.
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