[Healeys] Portable battery jump starter

[Robert Begani]

Hi Gil:

 

I agree with you. Even though the battery is not in my Healey, it is in the
Florida garage attached to a battery tender, as will the battery in the
Truck will be, when we fly north on the 15th.  The up north car, today is
the Chrysler Convert usually would be in the garage in the Townhouse with a
battery tender attached all winter.  However, we sold the Townhouse so the
car went into a rented storage shed without electricity, so was faced with a
problem starting the vehicle.  That is why I am interested in the Portable
Jump Starter.  Also, next winter I will disconnect the battery cables from
the fittings on the firewall so the new battery I am going to buy will not
be discharged from the power hogs in the vehicle. It is an older Chrysler
without computer, screen etc., so the draw is not so bad and the Tender did
its job while it was in the garage.

 

Actually, the battery tender will not keep a battery fully charged over a
long period of time even when disconnected to the vehicle. Eventually, the
charge will deteriorate as the charging side of the system is not sufficient
to do a full charge.  Hay it works and is better that the float maintainers
that we knew years ago which would burn up the battery.

 

The only charger maintainer I know which could do everything to maintain a
battery is a 4 stage charger that I have on my sailboat batteries.  They
last 5-10 years!

 

Regards

 

Bob Begani

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