Getting close to a long slumber.

[Fordever]

What sort of battery tender do you guys recommend?

1. 
   Battery Tender 12V, 5A Battery Charger
   
   
2. 
   Battery Tender 12 Volt Junior Automatic Battery Charger
   
   
3. 
   Battery Tender Plus 12V, 1.25A Battery Charger
   
   
4. 
   Battery Tender 800 is a SuperSmart Battery Charger that will Constantly Monitor,…
   
   
5. 
   Battery Tender 12V, 75A Booster Battery Charger w/Wi-Fi
   
   
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   Battery Tender 12V, 5A Weatherproof Battery Charger
   
   
7. 
   Battery Tender 6V/12V, 3A Selectable Battery Charger
   
   

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[Lightning]

I use the schumacher as well as the battery tender brand that @Fordever mentioned.
Both have never failed on me

 

[StangTime]

Lot's of options. Thanks @Fordever !
I assume it's ok to keep the battery in the car and hook up the tender to it?

 

[Fordever]

Rhats

Lot's of options. Thanks @Fordever !
I assume it's ok to keep the battery in the car and hook up the tender to it?

That’s what I do. I have permanent wiring ran to my battery. I just feed to cable to the tender up in the engine from under the car, hook it up and plug it in. Put my car cover on and live in misery for 6 months.

 

[StangTime]

Rhats

That’s what I do. I have permanent wiring ran to my battery. I just feed to cable to the tender up in the engine from under the car, hook it up and plug it in. Put my car cover on and live in misery for 6 months.

Haha "Live in misery for 6 months"
You and me and everyone else who doesn't want to destroy their car in the salt belt.

 

[Fordever]

Haha "Live in misery for 6 months"
You and me and everyone else who doesn't want to destroy their car in the salt belt.

Yeah , us being surrounded by salt water and then getting it spewed all over the roads for 4-5 months really doesn’t help a vehicle.

 

[Johnnybee]

Nope, just had the car Krown’d yesterday. Top has 303 on it. Winter rubber will go on in a couple weeks.

 

[Fordever]

Nope, just had the car Krown’d yesterday. Top has 303 on it. Winter rubber will go on in a couple weeks.

I used Rusk Check on all my winter vehicles. The stuff works great. But my new F150 has an aluminum body, so no need.

But no way is my car gonna see salt

 

[Balr14]

My car goes in the garage at the first sign of snow and stays there until all the salt is off the streets. I use a Ctech battery tender.

 

[Sigma6]

Not yet :/ I’m a little scared but I’m going to push hibernation as long as I can.

What sort of battery tender do you guys recommend?

Look at the Ctek MXS 5.0 or even the older 3300 version. CTEK is the white label brand for Porsche, Ferrari, Benz, etc etc. and those manufacturers don’t recommend nor put there brand on just anything.

Now they make higher end units then what I listed but you don’t need to go wild unless you want to. I personally use the 3300 and I did hours of research before deciding on brand & model.

My car goes in the garage at the first sign of snow and stays there until all the salt is off the streets. I use a Ctech battery tender.

my man Ctek FTW

 

[Fordever]

Well it looks like the time has finally come for my car. I’ve serviced, washed and waxed it. Here are some pics of my freshly waxed car parked in the heated garage at my work. At this point, I don’t have heat in my garage and I wanted to make sure the car was thoroughly dry before parking and covering for the winter.
I am just waiting for the rain to stop before I drive it home for the “final” time this year.

 

[MX5Racer]

First measurable snow tonight, and I put her to bed. As long as it was sunny I did Top down drives into the upper 50's. The Audi windscreen really works well.

 

[Deeplakes]

Sleep tight

 

[Fordever]

Sleep tight

I feel for ya buddy! Mine went under the cover shortly after starting this thread. Gonna be another looooooong winter. Only 5 more months to go.

 

[Lightning]

I feel for ya buddy! Mine went under the cover shortly after starting this thread. Gonna be another looooooong winter. Only 5 more months to go.

5 months to go

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