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| rmital |
 Dec 16 2021, 08:41 AM
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Northeast optimist  Group: Members Posts: 1,951 Joined: 12-December 05 From: Park Ridge, NJ Member No.: 5,268  |
I do try to drive my 914 all year, but it will have some down time when snow and salt are an issue.
"Finally" getting a battery tender. question: when hooking up the charger, is it safer or good practice to disconnect the ground? I have a switch, so easy enough to do..... |
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| ClayPerrine |
Dec 17 2021, 11:17 AM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,903 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille 
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I have the exact same model optima battery in all of our cars, with the exception of the SUV. I have not had to replace the battery in it yet.
To keep them active when we are not driving the car, I mounted Battery Tenders hanging from the garage door opener. We have cutoffs on all the batteries, and have the pigtails hard wired on the battery side of the cutoff so they can be run with the rest of the electrical system disconnected. We have a portable one I can use to keep a battery live when out of the car (That's the battery for Betty's 914 that's in the body shop).  I need to lengthen the one going to the red car, but otherwise it works great. Unfortunately we don't get to drive them as often as we like, so this keeps the batteries alive. Clay |
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rmital Battery Tender Dec 16 2021, 08:41 AM
SA-914 I have several vehicles with permanent tender plug... Dec 16 2021, 08:49 AM Mark Henry Odyssey recommends that you do not charge the batt... Dec 16 2021, 08:57 AM
oakdalecurtis i use an Optima Red, got about 8 years out of my l... Dec 16 2021, 10:47 AM Root_Werks Hard wired tenders to everything that might sit fo... Dec 16 2021, 10:55 AM Steve When I had an optima battery, I had to trickle cha... Dec 16 2021, 11:10 AM sb914
When I had an optima battery, I had to trickle ch... Dec 17 2021, 09:58 AM Pezz
When I had an optima battery, I had to trickle c... Dec 17 2021, 10:08 AM StarBear I disconnect the ground with a marine quick discon... Dec 16 2021, 12:06 PM Rufus
When I had an optima battery, I had to trickle ch... Dec 16 2021, 10:25 PM Mark Henry
When I had an optima battery, I had to trickle c... Dec 17 2021, 08:00 AM Steve
[quote name='Rufus' post='2967536' date='Dec 16 2... Dec 17 2021, 09:09 AM jvmarino I have multiple hobby cars, and now have a tender ... Dec 17 2021, 08:44 AM Rick986 Prior to my 914, I always took the battery out of ... Dec 17 2021, 09:32 AM jvmarino
Prior to my 914, I always took the battery out of... Dec 17 2021, 09:55 AM Mark Henry Last winter I never charged my 680 battery for 5 m... Dec 17 2021, 01:22 PM Root_Werks
Last winter I never charged my 680 battery for 5 ... Dec 17 2021, 03:53 PM Mark Henry
Last winter I never charged my 680 battery for 5... Dec 17 2021, 04:19 PM Root_Werks
[quote name='Root_Werks' post='2967693' date='Dec... Dec 17 2021, 05:13 PM |
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