[TR] Trickle chargers and drills

[Rye Livingston]

My son, who is a mechanic, gave me a Milwaukee 18 volt drill and it’s pretty amazing.

As for a trickle charger, be aware and do your homework as I’ve learned that they aren’t as plug and play as you’d think.  A restoration shop I’m using told me even the Battery Tender Junior he’s seen catch fire and burn up the car and the garage it’s in.  I now have a timer on the trickle charger so it will cycle on and off every other day.  I also have an Airsteam trailer and found out the hard way, not a fire thankfully, that even the charger/converter that came with the trailer when plugged into shore power baked the 2 deep cycle batteries.  I was then directed to new unit on Amazon that I installed, that is designed to plug in and leave it for months and months, no issue.

Back to a battery charger for your car, this one is crazy expensive which I received as a gift from my wife for my Porsche 356. Before using it I checked to see if this was a plug and play for months charger, and it is.
https://www.stoddard.com/pcg35661171.html

So I’ll be watching this topic to see if there are other chargers out there that are safe to leave plugged in for months at a time.

Good luck,

Rye Livingston
Activities Chairman
Triumph Travelers Sports Car Club
1960 Triumph TR3A
PH: 530-FIND-RYE

PS: Don’t forget to start planning for Drive Your Triumph Day, 2/10/2023



> On Oct 28, 2022, at 6:50 AM, auprichard uprichard.net <auprichard at uprichard.net> wrote:
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> My wife just asked what I wanted on my Christmas list – joy!
>  
> I’d like to get trickle chargers which I can plug in and forget about when we are away during the winter.  What recommendations do you have?
>  
> Also, my cordless drill is old and done:  again, any recommendations?
>  
> Andrew Uprichard
> Jackson, Michigan
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