[Shop-talk] Solar car battery chargers

[Douglas Braun]

If it is sitting in an airport parking lot, it will probably be getting the
maximum possible amount of sunlight. So I bet it would work ok for two
batteries.

Doug
On Oct 11, 2010 9:50 AM, "Scott Hall" <scott.hall.personal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh, yeah, I should have mentioned that. It's nowhere near an electric
> outlet, and in fact will spend a large portion of its life in airport
> parking lots waiting on me to get back from where ever it is I've gone,
> sometimes for weeks at a time. Hence the solar, and not a Battery Tender.
>
> And it will have brand spanking new batteries, since the last long sit
> seems to have finally killed the old ones. I've heard several good
> reviews on cars, I'm just wondering if the having second battery will
> somehow require more current to keep both healthy. I would think not,
> and that that extra battery is just to turn over the diesel in winter if
> I were to happen to live in North Dakota, but I'm not an electrical
> engineer, so...
>
> Scott
>
> On 10/11/2010 10:32 AM, Arvid Jedlicka wrote:
>> I have also used the BatteryMinder products with great success on the
>> MR2's and the GSXR. Having said that, I have a truck that I use every
>> three to six months and it could use a batter maintainer but it is not
>> in a location where an outlet is readily available.
>>
>> Therefore my question is "has anyone had any experience with the solar
>> powered ones to either recommend it or say it is not worth the time or
>> money given that a 120v outlet is not handy?"
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Arvid
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Vacek" <kvacek at ameritech.net>
>> To: "'Scott Hall'" <scott.hall.personal at gmail.com>; "'Shop Talk List'"
>> <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Solar car battery chargers
>>
>>
>>> While a solar charger will save a tiny amount of electricity, I've had
>>> excellent results from BatteryMinder products. They make a full line of
>>> computer chargers that monitor the battery's state of charge, top the
>>> battery up as necessary, will never overcharge, and also continually
>>> desulphate the battery.
>>>
>>> I've stretched extra years from batteries that were ready to be replaced
>>> before I started them on the BatteryMinder.
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