[elky] Re: Trickle charger or solar cell
- From: jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:45:45 -0500 (CDT)
Must be something draining it slowly. Mine has an aftermarket radio with
XM so it draws a little bit to hold its memory, but it'll go two weeks
without the battery going dead. It fired right up when I drove it Monday
after my trip.
> You didn't say what battery, my '80 sits for extended periods of time
> but it fires right up. The Optima in it is at least 5 years old.
>
> That said your issue is more likely due to a slow drain than a weak
> battery. I'm sure you know this and have probably tried to find the
> drain, but finding one can be difficult. My old MGB would kill the
> battery in a day or two... but let's not discuss Lucas electronics...
>
> On the subject of a battery maintainer, I overanalyzed those and ended
> up buying the Schumacher SEM-1562A Maintainer (does 12V and 6V - I
> mainly use it for Power Wheels). Battery Tender products have a good
> reputation and can be found relatively cheap on Amazon, but the
> Schumacher is ~$18 at Wal Mart. Hard to beat that price. The
> Schumacher comes with a couple two pronged adapters, I'd hard wire one
> to your battery.
>
> Chris
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Robert Adams<ladams21@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>>> What battery? Don't they make a device that will disconnect the power
>>> if there is a draw after a certain amount of time? I know you might
>>> lose your radio presets, but that's better than a dead battery.
>>
>>
>>
>> I was thinking about getting one of those too. Actually
>> two,
>> one for Geri's car as hers sits in the airport employee parking lot for
>> days
>> at a time.
>>
>>
>> I used to have a battery disconnect in the elky but my
>> prob
>> now is that I use all 4 posts on the battery....
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert Adams
>> Rules: Please play nicely with others.
>>
>>
> Rules: Please play nicely with others.
>
>
Rules: Please play nicely with others.
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