Trickle Charger during hibernation?

[K4fxd]

Be careful with a dumb trickle charger. They will cook the battery from overcharging it.

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[because_murica]

 

[Rapid Red]

Be careful with a dumb trickle charger. They will cook the battery from overcharging it.

What brand is considered a dumb trickle charger, these trickle chargers got popular in the late 70s early 80s. Battery Tender being the go-to for the MC crowd.

I suspect the dumb trickle charger, in 2022 is long gone. Unless the term is for those really cheap lawnmower chargers. Even those may have come full circle.

The trickle charger is a dirt simple solid-state device, generally speaking. Yes, there are trickle chargers that allow a user to charge different types of batteries. That is what I call a smart charger.

Someone that is just going to winter store the car can pick up a Battery Tender 50-60 bucks. And have no worries about the battery being overcharged, and fully charged.

 

[K4fxd]

When I think of a dumb charger it is one that never floats or shuts off.

Most I have seen lately are smart or have a sense circuit that shuts them down at a certain voltage and then restarts at a set lower voltage.

 

[swoop1156]

Mine is literally called, "IntelliCharger" so that's smart, not dumb, right? It smells weird when it's running and that makes me nervous but maybe it just smells.

I even called the Fire Dept and they came and did a complete scan with their thermal imager and all was well - it just smells. Still makes me ancy.

 

[Rapid Red]

Maybe put down the moonshine, what da ya think?

 

[swoop1156]

Maybe put down the moonshine, what da ya think?

To me? Heck no, it's too good! Nah, I just have had bad experiences with hot plastic/rubber smells. I don't mess around with electricity.

 

[Rapid Red]

To me? Heck no, it's too good! Nah, I just have had bad experiences with hot plastic/rubber smells. I don't mess around with electricity.

I said that in jest because never having heard the brand name this is what I found.

 

[DaveR.PP2]

Marketing in top gear! Definitely sounds better than the alternative.

Maybe I can buy a "Dummicharger" with yesterday's crypto.

And I would expect a Dummicharger to smell. Not a smart Intellicharger - they should come with built in air fresheners that you can program and select myriad fragrances. Mine would be of a fine aged Jack Daniels variety in step with our good friends from Tennessee !!!

 

[swoop1156]

I said that in jest because never having heard the brand name...

I must have posted in another thread revolving around this because I don't see it here. I typo'd the name, it's IntelliCharge, and not IntelliCharger, my mistake. It's part of the CarCapsule that I have for the Mach to park in during extended times of not being driven. See the links above. This is the only picture I have of it at the moment.

And I would expect a Dummicharger to smell. Not a smart Intellicharger - they should come with built in air fresheners that you can program and select myriad fragrances. Mine would be of a fine aged Jack Daniels variety in step with our good friends from Tennessee !!!

Being in Tennessee, I wholly agree!

 

[Rapid Red]

I must have posted in another thread revolving around this because I don't see it here. I typo'd the name, it's IntelliCharge, and not IntelliCharger, my mistake. It's part of the CarCapsule that I have for the Mach to park in during extended times of not being driven. See the links above. This is the only picture I have of it at the moment.

Being in Tennessee, I wholly agree!

Ok now on the same page thanks, had me going < LMAO CarCapsule seen them, wonder if the smell is from the plastic it's made from?

Dang trickle charger with air freshener can it get any better?

LMAO some good stuff here,

 

[swoop1156]

Ok now on the same page thanks, had me going < LMAO

Dang trickle charger with air freshener can it get any better?

LMAO some good stuff here,

Yeah man, I still don't like the smell but maybe cuz it's new and just going through it's thing. I have the IntelliCharge, whose purpose is to keep the vehicle battery charged and the CarCapsule inflated off the 110v from the house, however if the power were to go out, it Intelligently...ahem, switches to keeping the CarCapsule inflated using the vehicle battery.

I have it hooked into a UPS since the battery should be fully charged at all times basically, and then the UPS can keep both running for quite some time before it switches over to the vehicle battery. Sounds like a wild daisy-chain, though it's not. Wall > UPS > IntelliCharge.

 

[jacknifetoaswan]

What brand is considered a dumb trickle charger, these trickle chargers got popular in the late 70s early 80s. Battery Tender being the go-to for the MC crowd.

I suspect the dumb trickle charger, in 2022 is long gone. Unless the term is for those really cheap lawnmower chargers. Even those may have come full circle.

The trickle charger is a dirt simple solid-state device, generally speaking. Yes, there are trickle chargers that allow a user to charge different types of batteries. That is what I call a smart charger.

Someone that is just going to winter store the car can pick up a Battery Tender 50-60 bucks. And have no worries about the battery being overcharged, and fully charged.

It's an older (probably 30 or so years) Century battery charger. It's not "smart", but for my Camaro, which is super dumb, and gets charged with the positive lead disconnected from the battery, it's fine. In retrospect, I will not connect it to the Mustang, I'll just wait until the CTEK gets here on Monday.

JR

 

[K4fxd]

It's an older (probably 30 or so years) Century battery charger. It's not "smart", but for my Camaro, which is super dumb, and gets charged with the positive lead disconnected from the battery, it's fine.

Still even on your camaro don't plug it in and forget it. I did just that on my scoot and it boiled the battery causing over 1000 in damage.

 

[Rapid Red]

I've never done it, but maybe a memory saver type device plugged into the OBD with a battery that you can remove / recharge / replace ?

WD

Yeah, that is asking for trouble for sure, CTEK has this little trick to cover a battery swap.

PS Bluetooth monitor arrived today and it is all your fault ...

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