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YOUR RESEARCHNeed a battery maintainer
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I've been using a BatteryTender on my other cars for several years.
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HI
I am thinking of buying a battery maintainer, and recall seeing a post on this board that gave a link to a distrubitor that sold them much less than if I buy it from Porsche. Searched the site and can't find it . Help PLEASE!!!!!
tia Joe Parisi Salem Ma
C-Tek charger
I got my C-Tek charger at
www.apexperformance.net
. Free shipping. Arrived in one day (I guess PA is close enough to MD that FedEx ground was quick).
Try a Black and Decker VEC080BD 2 AMP Battery Charger
I bought a Black and Decker VEC080BD 2 AMP Battery Charger from Walmart for under $30. It comes with various battery connectors, including a 12V cigarette lighter connector.
Above seem to be referencing chargers, not maintainers. I got the Porsche maintainer in Canada for about $80, but I think it is only $55 or so USD. Check with your dealer first.
I've been using a BatteryTender on my other cars for several years. I ordered a second one for the croc from
http://www.batterystuff.com
. I also ordered the part to convert it to a cigarette lighter connection, $78 including tax and shipping. The Porsche item is, <ahem> a bit pricey IMO.
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http://www.batterystuff.com
One thing that's nice about a Battery Tender is that you can plug it in any time you won't drive the car for a couple of days. It has smarts built in that prevent it from cooking your battery, so it just goes idle until your battery needs a charge. With the lighter adapter plug you can just, well, plug it into the lighter outlet. Pretty easy.
C-Tek charger
1. Autosport does not cary the cigarette lighter adapter (I tried there first before I found Apex Performance).
2.There's a difference between a smart charger/tender and a charger. Don't know what that Black and Decker one is. A pure charger can boil your battery if left on too long.
Robert you are dead on. I was just trying to recall where I got mine and autosport came to mind. Can't do without the cigarette lighter attachment. I recall (I hope) that it was available at a small extra charge and that the clips were standard. Please tell me I'm right and not going totally Alz here.
I ordereded the CTEK 3300 and cigarette lighter adaptor last night and it shipped this morning. Check out
www.apexperformance.net
. Charger was 69.99 and adaptor was 9.99............no sales tax and free shipping.
vet4scuba
I bought a Porsche battery maintainer for my Boxster last winter. Then I sold the Boxster and bought a Cayman. The Porsche dealer threw in a battery maintainer and actually hard wired it to the battery.
So, I have an extra one that I would be glad to sell for $25. I have no use for it. Send me an email if you are interested.
TerryB
The Black and Decker both charges and maintains the battery. It will turn off when the battery is charged and then turn back on again when the battery voltage drops.
(I would have replied sooner, but the instant email notification does not seem to work).
Thanks! I just ordered one today. I will be going out on vacation and don't want to be a victim of DBS (dead battery syndrome, as called by the Corvette C6 folks!).
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