mookaloid
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| posted on 26/10/06 at 07:40 AM |
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Battery charger
Can anyone recommend one of those long term battery chargers which keep your battery charged over winter?
I have a normal battery charger but obviously can't leave that permanently connected.
Cheers
Mark
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PeterW
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| posted on 26/10/06 at 08:10 AM |
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Optimate III
Has to be the one - they are about £35 and usually fitted on bikes...
come with 2 sets of tails normally, a set of croc clips and a hardwired set so if you want to use it on 2 vehicles you could.
Come up on Fleabay quite often
Cheers
Peter
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scottc
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| posted on 26/10/06 at 08:16 AM |
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CBS do a smart battery charger that can be left on.
never used it though.
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ned
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| posted on 26/10/06 at 08:20 AM |
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another vote for the optimate...
beware, I've got yellow skin
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JohnN
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| posted on 26/10/06 at 08:34 AM |
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Accumate for me
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Ian Pearson
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| posted on 26/10/06 at 10:16 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JohnN
Accumate for me
Ditto
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UncleFista
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| posted on 26/10/06 at 12:19 PM |
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Just to add a bit of diversity, I use an "Intelligent" Draper charger, works fine as far as I can tell 
*Draper charger*
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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whitestu
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| posted on 26/10/06 at 03:34 PM |
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Don't know how good they are, but Halfords do one for £20 that they say can be left permanently connected.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 26/10/06 at 03:41 PM |
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When my car's in the garage it's left connected up to an Accumate. As it's an aged x-flow it's always good to have a fully
charged battery on those cold mornings!
David
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dave r
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| posted on 26/10/06 at 04:40 PM |
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you dont need one. just get out and drive it over winter too
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 28/10/06 at 08:33 AM |
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Just came across this one.LIDL
But don't know if you could keep it on at all times.
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caber
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| posted on 28/10/06 at 12:29 PM |
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I have a Hafrauds one that I have used over 3 years keeping a leisure battery up to charge with no problems.
Caber
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stevebubs
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| posted on 28/10/06 at 06:15 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by PeterW
Optimate III
Has to be the one - they are about £35 and usually fitted on bikes...
come with 2 sets of tails normally, a set of croc clips and a hardwired set so if you want to use it on 2 vehicles you could.
Come up on Fleabay quite often
Cheers
Peter
Ditto. Have had one of these for about 8 years now. First on my bike, now on the Odyssey Redtop in my Fury.
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