Re: Battery tender that actually lasts..
 

Great. Thanks for the info gents!

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Use the Battery Tender Brand. I have three and have had them for 1o to 15 years

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I have 3 of the Battery Tender Jr's that are on all the time. One on the race truck, one on the UTV and one on the pit bike. Makes the batteries last a lot longer when you keep them charged up.

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Auto meter makes the best one that I have found.

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Kevin;
I agree with Monte.
I've had two Autometer Battery Extenders Model 9202 since they first made them back in the 80's. The first one lasted over 20 years and then they sold me another one cheap which I still use, a lot.
They have an aluminum finned outer shell that does get hot if the battery is heavily depleted but after an over night charge the battery is usually fully charged.
This model 9202 is rated at 1 amp charge with 250 milliamp maintenance rate. A lot of us veterans have these stopped using a regular charger (except at the track) years ago.
Chuck

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I agree. My Battery Tender brand tender is probably ten years old, with no issues at all.
Has anybody modified one for 16 volts? Been kicking that around.

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The one I have has a 12 volt and 16 volt option. I think it is Auto Meter.

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SS Chief can you post a model # and brand if its not a battery tender for the 12-16 volt version, I would be interested in purchasing one?

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attometer makes/made a model 5000 for battery maintaining --multi voltages --also Schumacher used to make a CR-2 (cost about $20-25) for those little kids battery powered cars superseded by a CR-8 --- about a 1.5 amp unit I believe ---might be worth spending the money to see if you can get one to work on a 16 volt battery probably have to change ends for alligator clips or whatever ---for $20 its worth a try --I think you can get them at Walmart or on line---FED 387

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Auto meter 9202, not sure it is still available.