Re: Great Replacement Battery!
Originally Posted by botornig
I'll check and let you know. The cool thing about the charger is that it a circuit that automatically turns off when the battery if fully charged, so it shouldn't ruin the battery no matter how long it's hooked up. My mechanic told me that he's used it on many vehicles with great sucess.
Trickle chargers are not recommended, instead a battery tender should be used.
The charger may switch of the charging but the charger is still drawing power because if it is not `on' how would it know when to charge? These types actually continuously charge if only a little and can cook your battery in a short time. Lets face it a good battery should be able to keep its charge for a couple of months, so hook up the charger at its lowest rate every couple of months or buy a battery tender.
PS I doubt that the car starts better than it ever has with the new battery, but it probably starts better than when it had a weak or failing battery. On a warm day the starting ability of a 450 CCA battery will seem as good as a 750 CCA battery, the difference will be seen on a -20 degree day when she really needs a kick in the ar$e to get going.
Last edited by onehundred80; Oct 13, 2009 at 03:53 PM.