Trickle charge ?

I have been using the Battery Tender on my Miata for its second winter and it's been great. Always starts. I have the pigtail quick-connect that came with the Tender permanently bolted to the battery termials. I gently slam (an oxymoron?) the trunk over the cable and run it to the carger on my garage floor. Doesn't hurt the charger's cable at all. Just don't forget to quick-disconnet before driving away!

Alan MiniMi the '03 SE

Right. If it was me, there would be some banana plugs in the cable. :)

Leon

There was a system for sale a while back in the magazine that used a battery tender type device in a cord reel so you could hang it from your garage ceiling, out of the way. It used a cigarette lighter connection and so they must have provided some instructions on how to rewire the lighter to be always hot. I'm not sure who made it, I almost want to think it was Clearwater (same people with the speakers) but haven't seen it in several years but it does tell me there is a way to wire the plug differently and thus use that connection.

Tom

RideRT wrote:

In my sister's Jetta ('04 SE) we found in the trunk a nice device. It's a solar battery charger - plate (12in x 10in) with 4 suction cups to mount it on a window, from inside, and wire with lighter plug. VW has lighter socket always on. It's great idea if one parks it's car outside for a long period of time - like on airport parking during vacation trips. I'm not sure if it was a gift from the dealer (Countryside VW in Illinois) or standard Wolfsburg Edition equipment.

Regards, Kempi '01 silver