Recommendations for Battery Tenders

[Keith Lawyer]

So is this necessarily any worse than what a battery sees in normal service?  Assume you have a small draw even when the car is off and you drive your Audi every 3 days........doesn't the battery get pulled down by the clock, etc and then recharged by alt when you drive?

I did skim thru the link, lots of good info.

Keith L

>>> Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net> 7/26/2005 11:36:05 AM >>>

On Jul 26, 2005, at 12:59 PM, Keith Lawyer wrote:

> Of course, a constant trickle charge is no good for a long period  
> of time, but this one says "maintenance charge turns on and off as  
> needed."  Not true?

To maintain the battery properly, it needs to be held at "float"  
voltage; it's better than charging every time the battery drops in  
voltage.

This page explains most of the different types of chargers, might  
have to skip down a little bit.

http://www.uuhome.de/william.darden/carfaq9.htm