Storing my Olds

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Sep 30, 2013 | 12:08 AM

#41

steve442

Registered User

Joined: Jul 2013

Posts: 86

From: Fowlerville Michigan

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldcutlass

I don't like unattended battery tenders. I had a friend who used one on his car and the battery went bad it, caused it to gas and leak acid, what a mess.

I was reading a article from Hagerty, talking about battery chargers, one of there clients had a charger hooked up, and it failed, burnt the car up and half of the garage. They compensated him though.

Sep 30, 2013 | 01:22 AM

#42

rustyroger

'87 Delta 88 Royale

Joined: Dec 2010

Posts: 2,514

From: Margate, England

My neighbour has a solar battery charger for his trailerhome leisure battery, trickle charges whenever the sun shines, and has a diode pack to stop it discharging when it's dark.
£10 from Maplins - roughly equivalent to Radio Shack in the UK.

Roger.