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mrtexas 04-12-2020 02:32 PM

Trickle charger
 

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Last time I bought a Battery Tender Junior 12v trickle charger it was different than the first one. The first one had an almost 2 inch square transformer while the latest one has a postage stamp sized one maybe 1/2 inch tall. Both are the same brand. My 6v Battery Tender Junior has the larger transformer. Dear old dad not around anymore so can't ask him.

Latest one a counterfeit or size of transformer doesn't matter?

Pete 04-12-2020 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mrtexas (Post 1873550)
Last time I bought a Battery Tender Junior 12v trickle charger it was different than the first one. The first one had an almost 2 inch square transformer while the latest one has a postage stamp sized one maybe 1/2 inch tall. Both are the same brand. My 6v Battery Tender Junior has the larger transformer. Dear old dad not around anymore so can't ask him.

Latest one a counterfeit or size of transformer doesn't matter?

Just another way of cheaping out. The smaller one will work but will run warmer.
Bigger is better.

Sorry to hear about your Dad. I knew him well.

flatheadmurre 04-12-2020 02:59 PM

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If itīs a normal transformer in there at all...most stuff use SMPS...less copper...and less expected life before electrolytic caps blow and you can toss it in the garbage...

mrtexas 04-12-2020 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete (Post 1873557)
Just another way of cheaping out. The smaller one will work but will run warmer.
Bigger is better.

Sorry to hear about your Dad. I knew him well.

He lived a very long and productive life, almost 98 years of independent living and died in his sleep of heart failure after only a week in the hospital. Glad he didn't have to go to my Mom's funeral. She had dementia so news of Dad's death likely wasn't a concern. She live to almost 97 YO. What more could you ask?

mrtexas 04-12-2020 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by flatheadmurre (Post 1873563)
If itīs a normal transformer in there at all...most stuff use SMPS...less copper...and less expected life before electrolytic caps blow and you can toss it in the garbage...

Thanks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch...e_power_supply

G.M. 04-13-2020 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mrtexas (Post 1873573)

I have 6 or more of the ones with a digital read out. They are about
7"s long and 3"s square and work very well. G.M.

Tinker 04-13-2020 10:23 PM

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Tending batteries is not always the best way to deal with batteries. Certainly not with closed cells. Constantly cycling the battery does no good. If you are storing a car/battery or not driving it after a week, just disconnect it.

Just my opinion.


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cajunfirehawk 04-17-2020 09:46 AM

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MrTexas,


Sounds like originally you had the one on the right end in the top of this pic?
its just a different output size (amperage output), I have several of these and they all work about the same. And for the last poster; we own 7 cars total between me and my wife :rolleyes: and all but 2 have tenders on them ALL the time, one car has an old optima red top I bought back in 2007, we drive the car about 6 times a year and it never leaves us :eek:. I firmly believe in battery tenders but like everything your entitled to your opinion.

19Fordy 04-17-2020 12:30 PM

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I have found CTEK to be an excellent trickle charger.
https://www.autoanything.com/electri...SABEgJhR_D_BwE

They also make more expensive chargers.

TonyM 04-17-2020 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 19Fordy (Post 1875721)
I have found CTEK to be an excellent trickle charger.
https://www.autoanything.com/electri...SABEgJhR_D_BwE

They also make more expensive chargers.

I have a C-tek, but I am not confident using it with an Optima.

Can they be used with an Optima? I have been told they are not compatible.

Can anyone provide accurate info?

tubman 04-17-2020 01:26 PM

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I have used a random sample of the many chargers and tenders I have on my Optima's over the last couple of decades. The first Optima lasted 14 years, the second 13 years (I did however, replace the second one before it failed, unlike the first).

I don't think they care unless they are completely dead; then you may have a problem.

cajunfirehawk 04-17-2020 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TonyM (Post 1875728)
I have a C-tek, but I am not confident using it with an Optima.

Can they be used with an Optima? I have been told they are not compatible.

Can anyone provide accurate info?

YEP...here ya go, listen thru the whole thing...(an Optima video)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzC1hBsZ1Rg


plus I run a Ctek on my optima but NOT my car that has an odyssey (my 36 ford) its calls for specific models and on it I run a Schauer approved charger for my odyssey, YMMV

Tinker 04-17-2020 11:20 PM

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https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...ttery+charging


Post #13.



Cycling batteries is not necessary. Disconnect or drive it. Just my opinion. I'm very very happy with my optima batteries.



How many of you have batteries in a drawer. You put a tender on them? I don't want to discredit an industry product either.




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donald1950 04-18-2020 10:17 AM

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i have used the green Battery Tender with my Optima batterys in my cars and RVs. worked well on lead acid batterys also.


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