maintainer

[Kube]

I have a number of vehicles both antique and quite modern that I have a dedicated tender installed upon. I plug them in once a week for a full twenty-four hours.

[34fordy]

Originally Posted by Kube

I have a number of vehicles both antique and quite modern that I have a dedicated tender installed upon. I plug them in once a week for a full twenty-four hours.

Hey Mike, Do you have one tender that you move from car to car? I am wondering if you are suggesting that leaving the tender on indefinitely is not OK. (This could open a can of worms I suppose) LOL

[Kube]

Originally Posted by 34fordy

Hey Mike, Do you have one tender that you move from car to car? I am wondering if you are suggesting that leaving the tender on indefinitely is not OK. (This could open a can of worms I suppose) LOL

I have one per car. A few are dedicated (factory OEM) chargers.
I am not suggesting anything for fear of worms.

I have never found it necessary to keep a charger on constantly during storage.

[34fordy]

I remember back in the 1960's there were "trickle" chargers of different amperage output. If you used one too long on a small motorcycle battery that had too much output it would ruin the battery. I am assuming the technology in a maintainer is similar to the brains in my charger for my drills, saws, leaf blower etc. ??

[fordv8j]

Ileft a maintainer on our 38 conv and did'nt check it for a while; when I opened the garage door, I could smell the hot battery, it boiled all the acid out, a while longer would probably had a fire, put new acid in, it never charged up, so I had a junk $250.00,Ford script battery, now I put it on till is charged then remove it, the company would not help replace my battery, said they repair maintainer for $10.00,said no thanks..J.Parsonsn WVA