May have to break down and buy one of those! Looks pretty nifty, though pricey... -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrc II " Chronic Pain Hurts" -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> > Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Do you use maintainers on any of them? > > This thing here > > http://www.batterystuff.com/battery-chargers/12-volt/gel-cell/BM12v117.html > > I know it's $50 for a little charger, but it is very, very smart, and > will desulphate as well. I've talked with the designers (I needed one > for gel cell batteries; if you pop the top off this one there's trimpots > to tweak the terminal and transition voltages), this is not a toy. It's > got a microprocessor that monitors battery state and will keep the > battery like new. > > It won't bring up a totally drained battery; it has to be above 10 volts > or it won't start up. But you can leave this thing on all the time and > it will never harm anything, won't overcharge, etc. > > > > Anyone have any ideas or done this email me off list, unless people are > interested and consider > > off season storage off batteries on-topic. > > Eh, it's not exactly "Rambler" but it is directly applicable to old > cars, especially those not driven every day. > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list