jump packs and trickle chargers

Ivan Chou chou.ivan at gmail.com
Mon Mar 1 10:26:42 CST 2010


Kieran's mention of Harbor Freight reminded me of this solar trickle
charger, which might be enough to compensate for the drain if your car is
parked outdoors:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=44768

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Kieran A. Lavin <kieran at kieranlavin.com>wrote:

> The jump pack doesn't have a plug?  It should.  I know on one of mine I
> need to keep an eye on it and recharge it every once in a while but on the
> other, I can leave it plugged in and it'll prevent it from overcharging.
>
> For tenders, I got one a few years ago from Sears for like $25 and it works
> great despite the practically dead battery in my SE-R.  Much more than
> leaving the car sitting 2-3 days and the battery goes dead.  I got another
> from Harbor Freight for $60 or $70 a few months ago that actually does a
> quick overcharge to allow you to bring a completely dead battery up to
> enough charge to start it.  Well, sure enough a few weeks ago I went to
> start the SE-R and the Sears tender was on 6V so the battery was dead.  I
> plugged the quick charge in and within 5 minutes I was able to start the
> car.
>
>
> kieran
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