Trickle Charger, Recommendations for an Odyssey 680. |
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Trickle Charger, Recommendations for an Odyssey 680. |
trick-e |
Jan 12 2021, 07:25 PM
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Still Learning Group: Members Posts: 111 Joined: 7-July 12 From: Traverse City, MI USA Member No.: 14,644 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Car is stored and battery is out. Looking for a decent maintenance charger for an AGM battery. There are quite a few choices, so anyone with a good experience?
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Minerva's 914 |
Jan 12 2021, 07:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 378 Joined: 24-December 15 From: Chapel Hill, NC Member No.: 19,489 Region Association: South East States |
Car is stored and battery is out. Looking for a decent maintenance charger for an AGM battery. There are quite a few choices, so anyone with a good experience? I use CTEK with both my 914 and 997 that get stored a lot. It's a smart charger with deep cycle and maintenance cycles. https://smartercharger.com/ |
johnhora |
Jan 12 2021, 07:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 866 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Derby City KY Member No.: 107 Region Association: None |
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PlaysWithCars |
Jan 12 2021, 10:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 523 Joined: 9-November 03 From: Southeast of Seattle Member No.: 1,323 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I had a Harbor Freight trickle charger cook one of my batteries so I've sworn off of them ever sense. I've been using a BatteryMinder brand on my PC680 for many years with great success. I really like the desulfation feature included in this charger brand and have gotten extreme life, ~9yrs typical, from all of my batteries using this. I have multiple versions of their chargers now so I don't have to rotate between batteries (too much).
Older version of this one for heavy lifting: Model 128CEC1 These wall warts for basic trickle charging: Model 1510 Not cheap, but in over 15 (maybe 20yrs) of use, not a single problem maintaining a fleet of batteries. |
mepstein |
Jan 12 2021, 10:19 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,239 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
battery tender junior. ~25 at flaps or amazon. works great.
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Mark Henry |
Jan 13 2021, 08:45 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
If you read the Oyddssy instructions they reccomend against charging during short term (seasonal) storage.
I just disconect the battery, still starts my 3.0 high CR engine in the spring. |
VegasRacer |
Jan 13 2021, 09:49 AM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,479 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None |
CTEK (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)
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brant |
Jan 13 2021, 09:53 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,613 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
CTEK for me also
I've one by one replaced all of my older trickle chargers with CTEK units (some smart, some 6V, some specifically for lead acid batteries) I've never had a problem with Ctek I've had multiple walmart shumachers, and HF chargers fail you really want a smart charger when your using it on an AGM battery |
eric9144 |
Jan 13 2021, 10:00 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,733 Joined: 30-March 11 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 12,876 Region Association: Southern California |
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Shredhead |
Jan 13 2021, 12:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 110 Joined: 10-August 15 From: CT Member No.: 19,047 Region Association: North East States |
CTEK.
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rjames |
Jan 13 2021, 01:50 PM
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I'm made of metal Group: Members Posts: 3,914 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Shoreline, WA Member No.: 4,467 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
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rmital |
Jan 13 2021, 02:01 PM
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Northeast optimist Group: Members Posts: 1,946 Joined: 12-December 05 From: Park Ridge, NJ Member No.: 5,268 |
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bbrock |
Jan 13 2021, 02:17 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I've been using that one on my Optima for the last 8 months or so. So far, so good. |
mepstein |
Jan 13 2021, 02:45 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,239 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Yes. I’ve had very good luck with my optima batteries (8+ years) using this. It’s also brought back two other batteries for me. Even when I’m not driving my 914, it’s been incredibly useful to have a fully charged battery, ready to go when the battery dies in a trailer winch or my daughter visits and leaves her car light on. You NEVER should quick charge an optima battery. Kills them. |
trick-e |
Jan 13 2021, 04:04 PM
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Still Learning Group: Members Posts: 111 Joined: 7-July 12 From: Traverse City, MI USA Member No.: 14,644 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
If you read the Oyddssy instructions they reccomend against charging during short term (seasonal) storage. I just disconect the battery, still starts my 3.0 high CR engine in the spring. Thank you. Guess I need reading glasses. Thanks to all who shared. I still need a new charger, so will look at these. Cheers. |
Andyrew |
Jan 13 2021, 04:21 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
I just unplug my Lithium battery when not in use and start it once a month. Last Lithium ($108, 2lbs) battery lasted me 2 years and I forgot to unplug it for 8 months...
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rjames |
Jan 13 2021, 05:00 PM
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I'm made of metal Group: Members Posts: 3,914 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Shoreline, WA Member No.: 4,467 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I've been using this and no complaints so far. I like that you can disconnect the cord that goes to the battery terminal clamps from the cord that connects to the charger end.
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pvollma |
Jan 13 2021, 07:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 205 Joined: 12-May 13 From: Camp Hill, PA Member No.: 15,862 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Car is stored and battery is out. Looking for a decent maintenance charger for an AGM battery. There are quite a few choices, so anyone with a good experience? I used a PulseTech Xtreme Charge on my airplane, which in the winter got very little use, but the few times I pulled it out, after sitting for maybe a month or two, the battery had no trouble spinning the prop. I sold the airplane last year and I've now moved the PulseTech to my 914 because the last time I tried to drive it the Odyssey PC1200 barely turned it over. I also like the fact that it comes with a short connector that can be installed on the battery posts, with a quick disconnect to the longer cable to the charger, instead of using the spring clips that seem too temporary to trust for long-term use. As the name implies, it also uses a pulsing routine to de-sulfate the battery. PulseTech |
ClayPerrine |
Jan 14 2021, 11:20 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,410 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
I have a battery tender on all of my cars. With the current climate, they only get driven once in a while, so all of them stay on the battery tender. My truck sits out front and it is the only vehicle that gets driven daily.
And everything I own runs the same series optima battery. I have had 0 issues with them going dead. Clay |
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