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12-06-2014, 05:30 PM
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What Battery Tender are you all using
I have a Sunseeker 3010 and I want to keep a charge on my house batteries at all times. I'm looking into a 1.5 amp Battery Tender since I will need to charge both batteries. What are some good Battery Tenders that most of you guys are using?
Thanks for the input.
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12-06-2014, 08:24 PM
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I use Deltran Jrs. Have 7 of them for my toys.
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12-06-2014, 08:55 PM
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I use Deltran and Deltran Jrs. I am sure there are other good ones out there, but I have been using Deltran for 13 years and would not use anything else!!! They are a four stage unit.
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12-06-2014, 09:26 PM
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I use Battery Minder. I'm guessing any name brand will do just fine.
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12-06-2014, 09:42 PM
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Schumacher Automotive SpeedCharge Battery Maintainer and Charger - Walmart.com
This is state of the art,It charges and maintains.Schumacher is the best in charging batteries.What else could you want for $20?
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12-07-2014, 09:05 AM
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Another vote here for the Deltran Jr... very reasonably priced on Amazon.
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12-07-2014, 09:15 AM
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I use Deltran Battery Tender Plus for chassis battery. I remove the coach batteries and charge them once a month.
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12-07-2014, 09:17 AM
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Just buy a China Freight trickle charger. They tend to put out a little more amps which when you hook it up to one of your coach batteries, that are connected together, is sufficient buffer to work out fine. No need to remove them, as long as you can keep it powered through the winter hybernation period.
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12-07-2014, 09:19 AM
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X2 on Schumacher from Walmart. Works great for past 2 seasons
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12-07-2014, 09:21 AM
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I use a NOCO Genius 3500 to keep my dual Deka gell cell batteries charged and maintained. It's an 8 stage charger.
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12-07-2014, 11:37 AM
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Not as fancy, but my power converter was replaced under warranty. Shop replaced it with a Progressive Dynamics 9200 series. It has the built-in charge wizard. So I just plug the coach in and forget about it.
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12-07-2014, 12:15 PM
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Deltran Battery Tender (021-0128) 1.25 Amp Battery Charger
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12-07-2014, 04:28 PM
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Hi, I have 5 Deltran Battery Tender Plus and 2 Deltran Jrs. for my toys also. I have been using them for years.
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12-07-2014, 05:13 PM
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Location: Southwestern Mi
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Two battery tenders for my 12 volt chassis batteries and four 6 volt battery tender juniors for my house batteries.
Rich
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12-07-2014, 05:19 PM
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Battery Minder ... hands down the best I've ever used.
BatteryMINDer Model 1500
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12-07-2014, 06:15 PM
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Another vote for Deltran Battery tenders. I have 4 Battery tenders on my Harley, 66 Ford Mustang, Polaris RZR S and my Honda CRV. I also have Solar Battery tender panels on my coach batteries and one on my chassis batteries. They have saved my batteries for approx. 10 years and have never had one fail.
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12-07-2014, 06:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by checca
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+1... have had two for over 6 years.
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12-07-2014, 06:47 PM
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Battery tender, minder, whatever. It's your money, if it makes you feel better, spend it. My point is simple, it's a trickle charger at it core. What it does is sense the parasitic drain and replenish the batts to near full charge. It truely is that simple.
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12-07-2014, 06:51 PM
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Question and apologies for possibly hijacking this thread. I'm very familiar with the Delran units (I've had them years for my motorcycles). My 2400R MBS has a Progressive Dynamics InteliPower 9200 unit featuring "Integrated Charge Wizard". The manual goes on to say "The INTELI-POWER 9200 Power Converter is the intelligent way to charge your RV battery. The built-in Charge Wizard microprocessor constantly monitors the battery voltage then automatically adjusts the converter output voltage to provide the proper charging voltage for fast recharges and long-term maintenance." It goes on to describe its Multiple Battery Charging capabilities. Nowhere in the manual is desulphication (sp?) mentioned. That said...do you think it's worth the trouble to pick up and hook up a Tender? ...or just plug your coach in and let the Progressive Dynamics do its thing?
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12-07-2014, 07:02 PM
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Oops... later on in the manual: "STORAGE MODE: When the converter senses that there has been no significant battery usage for 30 hours the output voltage is reduced to 13.2 volts DC for minimal water usage. When in storage mode the microprocessor automatically increases output voltage to 14.4 volts DC for 15 minutes every 21 hours to help reduce sulfation of the battery plates."
So those of us with PD 9200s are good, I'd say.
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