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Re: Trickle chargers

Thomas Knapp
 

Byron,
I have a simple wall-wart style trickle charger with a molex-type plug which I used to keep my Abarth battery charged between uses. It was switchable between 6 and 12V. I believe it was originally marketed for motorcycles. I think I bought it from J.C. Whitney. A quick search of their site shows 6 or 12v, no combinations:
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/showCustom-0/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2006111/c-10101/Nty-1/p-2006111/Ntx-mode+matchallpartial/N-10101/tf-Browse/s-10101/Ntk-AllTextSearchGroup?Ntt=trickle

At $9.99 each, you could have one for 12V and one for 6V without breaking the bank.

A quick check of Harbor Freight Tools shows they have a similar tricle charger:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=42292

as well as one which appears to be more substantial:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93781

Tom Knapp

-------------- Original message from "Byron W. Brill" <bbrill@...>: --------------

Anybody have any suggestions for trickle chargers? I've got several cars,
mostly 12v, but with one or two 6v thrown in. I'm looking for a single battery
trickle charger and/or a multi battery charger that will maintain batteries on
cars that don't get driven regularly, particularly through the winter. I'm
after an automatic charger that will taper its charge as required & not cook my
batteries. I've checked out what's available at Automotive Service Equipment
(www.asedeals.com), Northern Tool (www.northerntool.com), SJ Discount Tools
(www.sjdiscounttools.com) & am poised to order one or more from TP Tools
(www.tptools.com), but thought I'd ask the question first of all youse guys that
are so much smarter than me. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Byron





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