<VV> Battery Tender

[J R Read_HML]

OK,  I guess I screwed up when suggesting a door bell transformer because
the output is AC.

SO, here is the cheap "battery minder" solution.  Look around the
house/garage for the old AC adapter to some appliance that is long gone -
tape recorder, answering machine, whatever.  Check the label.

I just pulled three of them out of a cabinet and find one is (output all DC)
6V - 200 mA, one is 12V - 500mA, and one is 13V - 1 A.  So, mount alligator
clips to either of the last two and I've got a free (+ cost of clips)
battery minder.  The wire with the white stripe is the positive side.

Anyone see a problem with this approach?

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Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140
NOT an electrician!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <UltraMonzaWest@aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Battery Tender


> For those of you not familiar with these devices, these are not the
> same as a simple battery charger that keeps on charging. These shut off
> and monitor the charge. They are designed, not so much to charge a dead
> battery, but to maintain one. They seem to be ideal for maintaining
> batteries that are seldom used. They are not cheap; mine was $49.99 at
> Northern.
>
> Bruce
>
> **********************************************************
>
> Many of us cannot imagine what you're talking about! gggg
>
> We all bought the same thing for  $1.99 ....30 yrs. ago....or made one for
> $1.14  plus labor!
>
> A 1 amp TRICKLE charger never needs to shut off.......nor does it ever
> overcharge a battery.....
>
> simple physics!
>
> Reminds me of the time when Facility Eng.  wanted to spend $80k  for a
> "timebased"  Kilowatt control for a generator....they sited the antique
equipment it
> would replace...complete with a remark about the "pencil" marks on the
> rheostat [ dial]...
>
> I then produced the digital record to show  how the generator did EXACTLY
> what they wanted to do.....when the knob was set to the Pencil Mark!!!
AH!
> progress!  ggg
>
> Matt
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