[Shop-talk] What is the best trickle charger?

[Brian Kemp]

I have a battery tender that I put on the Triumphs every so often for a 
few days.  It seems to help.

When charging power is needed, I have a Die Hard charger that has held 
up very well.  It charges at 2 or 12 amps and has a 75 amp jump start 
mode if you let the batteries go too low.  It was purchased over 20 
years ago, so don't know it Sears is still good.

Since Costco was mentioned, they currently have a battery tender on sale 
for $29.99 with free shipping.  It has 16 Five star reviews and none of 
any other star rating.  (I have no financial interest in Costco - just a 
happy customer)

Battery Tender Power Plus 3 Amp Charger
http://www.costco.com/Battery-Tender-Power-Plus-3-Amp-Charger.product.100241973.html

Brian

On 11/18/2016 10:09 AM, John Miller wrote:
>> What is currently the best trickle charger on the market?  I'm tried of
>> ones that break or don't seem to work properly.  I currently use
>> Shumakers, but they don't seem to be doing the job.  (Maybe I just need
>> a different model of theirs?)
>
> Not to thread-hijack but maybe the information overlaps.
>
> I've got a little BatteryMinder that came from Northern Tool on sale, 
> it does a good job of keeping my trailer's winch battery happy but it 
> won't restore a truly dead battery.
>
> I'm looking for a new full-scale battery charger, I had a Black and 
> Decker/Vector that was the absolute tits, it could fix just about any 
> battery that could be fixed, but it failed a couple years back and 
> that model is no longer available.
>
> Replaced it with a Schumacher that proved to be a disappointment and 
> has now croaked as well, probably fixable but I'm not sure I care, I 
> just don't like it enough to bother.
>
> So...next?   Thanks for any suggestions.  I'm at the point that if 
> there were something truly good out there, I'd pay bucks.
>
> John.
>
>
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