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That looks like one of the two units I am using for my cars.
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The tender I use looks like your run-of-the-mill wall wart - just has a couple of extra blinkeys.
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Would be good to check the user manual to verify one way or another.
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One year i didn't use it, i had to replace the battery.
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I have CTEK and no problems, my dad has the one pictures, he had to replace the orig battery last year in his 99 Boxster, so I don't see any long term harm using this one.
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I have CTEK and no problems, my dad has the one pictures, he had to replace the orig battery last year in his 99 Boxster, so I don't see any long term harm using this one.
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This is the charger they said might fry the battery as it ain't smart enough to know when to stop tricklin' - they said ok to use for a month or so, but not long term.
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I have a Porsche battery maintainer on my Carrera which seems to work fine. When I went to the dealer to get another one for the Jeep Trailhawk he advised for storage longer than a month I should not be using the maintainer as it does not monitor the battery charge and could possibly "overcharge" the battery and kill it. Is this possible?
He advised getting the more expensive charger/maintainer as it would monitor and vary the charging as required for storage longer than one month, and avoid "overcharging."
Any informed opinions out there?
DISCLAIMER: I am not a battery charging expert.
The charger your dealer is describing sounds like what my trusted DELTRAN battery tender does:
http://www.batterytender.com/Automot...derR-Plus.html
I have been using these for decades now and have had zero problems with overheating or overcharging
P.S. I thought the Porsche branded units also did the same?
** Also not an "expert" ** I did just buy a "Battery Tender" brand charger/maintainer. I can't speak for the others mentioned, but the "battery tender" brand includes "smart circuitry" that reads the connected battery and only charges when needed - they will not overcharge the connected batteries.
Just a little advice. Completely lock the car for storage, as it takes less charge from the battery when fully locked than it does to keep the car unlocked. If the horn beeps when locking, then something is still opened.
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Battery Tender Jr.
Battery Tender Jr.
at $25 shipped will do exactly what you want. I can't imagine the Porsche maintainer doesn't have a float/maintain mode that would also work but obviously much more expensive.
The dealer is sort of right, leaving a battery on a conventional charger for long periods will kill the battery, but that's not what the Porsche maintainer is.
If you want to learn about charging modes, look
here
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After hearing that the Porsche maintainer might overcharge the battery and kill it, I found this at Sears for $30 - versus Porsche equivalent for $130. (On sale today for $20)
Comes with 3 attachment options, including my much-preferred cigarette lighter plug-in.
If you have a Porsche charger similar to this
Amazon.com: Porsche Dual Mode Battery Maintainer / Charger: Automotive
Amazon.com: Porsche Dual Mode Battery Maintainer / Charger: Automotive
, your dealer is giving you BS.
The Porsche charger is a CTEK rebranded (CTEK is much cheaper) and both are intelligent chargers that have sophisticated logic to charge and maintain the battery and can be connected to the battery indefinitely without hurting the battery, unless the unit itself is defective. Once the battery is charged, it will go into the lower voltage monitor mode and then send pulses to the battery from time to time to check if the battery needs further charging.
The advice from your dealer would make sense if you were using an old-school battery charger with trickle-charge mode. If you have a maintainer - as others have indicated - the dealer is on crack.
This is the charger they said might fry the battery as it ain't smart enough to know when to stop tricklin' - they said ok to use for a month or so, but not long term. Long term use the CTEK or equivalent = Diehard
That looks like one of the two units I am using for my cars.
I've used it now for five years, months at a time in the winter.
Never had a problem.
You can see when this unit is giving juice to the battery and when it isn't by the illuminated red LED. By my observation, most of the time the LED is out indicating no charging.
If you don't have a manual with the unit, look up information on the internet using the model number and see whether it is a true maintainer or whether it is just a charger.
Ok, that makes more sense. Judging by its size and look, that looks like a cheap adaptor with no smarts. Would be good to check the user manual to verify one way or another. Anyway, you won't regret getting a CTEK.
Difficult to see in the picture, but that "cheap adaptor with no smart parts" is axchooley the Porsche-branded charger that so many of us use and swear by and sells for about $70.
The tender I use looks like your run-of-the-mill wall wart - just has a couple of extra blinkeys.
The Tender Jr. I love, by the way, has been outlawed by California and Oregon because it's not environmentally friendly enough. Apparently, it will be better for mother Earth if I buy a NEW clump of thermoplastic filled with arsenic-bearing semiconductors and pitch the old one into the landfill. SMH...now I have to hoard 100W light bulbs, grocery bags, AND battery chargers.
I have Deltran's Battery Tenders on a half-dozen motorcycles, and I have used them for 12+ years.
Motorcycle batteries are more sensitive to bad charging and maintainers than larger automotive batteries. I've never had a problem with a bike battery on a Battery Tender, and I would hold their auto items in the same regard.
Others may be better, but the Deltrans are certainly sufficient, in my experience, and I'm a satisfied customer.
I have CTEK and no problems, my dad has the one pictures, he had to replace the orig battery last year in his 99 Boxster, so I don't see any long term harm using this one. It now sits in my garage with the Interstate the dealer replaced it with, and still on that charger.
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