Battery trickle charger

[BuzzBillsberry]

Hi All

Happy New Year I hope everyone's coped if they're back at work today

I've currently have an optimatecharger which is about 8 years old which I use for the Tam which I normally plug in once the car is parked up for the winter. I'm looking for a new one and was wondering what's out there?t what the current technology is? Good or bad etc.I'm probably looking at one via the cigarette charger or are they a no no. The old charger will be used to keep the the race car battery on charge and a couple of spare batteries topped up etc.

Any help and direction would be great

Cheers

Buzz

Edited by BuzzBillsberry on Tuesday 5th January 13:51

[PuffsBack]

My Optimate is currently plugged into the Sagaris's cigerette lighter socket, as was my Cerbera before that, and my Griff before that. Always worked a treat - a case of "if it ain't broke don't fix it'

[alex_gray255]

Hi Buzz

I use a cigarette lighter based optimate battery conditioner + battery brain gold on my car.

Good combination.

[Pursyluv]

alex_gray255 said:

Hi Buzz

I use a cigarette lighter based optimate battery conditioner + battery brain gold on my car.

Good combination.

Are you not having Brendan's battery cut off system fitted - I only ask, as I'm considering having it done at the end of the month

[alex_gray255]

Pursyluv said:

Are you not having Brendan's battery cut off system fitted - I only ask, as I'm considering having it done at the end of the month

That's the battery brain gold system. He didn't know about them until I asked him to fit it

http://www.batterybrain.co.uk/productspage.php

Quite a few threads on PH over the years about them.

Edited by alex_gray255 on Monday 4th January 21:20

[Don1]

I have a spare Accumate that I was about to put up on eBay....

[alex_gray255]

Bugger I got the name of mine wrong - its an Accumate.

Don reminded me of the name.

[BuzzBillsberry]

PuffsBack said:

My Optimate is currently plugged into the Sagaris's cigerette lighter socket, as was my Cerbera before that, and my Griff before that. Always worked a treat - a case of "if it ain't broke don't fix it'

Thanks and I agree but I asked if they'd been any improvements before I bought another one

[BuzzBillsberry]

Pursyluv said:

Are you not having Brendan's battery cut off system fitted - I only ask, as I'm considering having it done at the end of the month

Hi Bob

No I haven't but coincidentally I've been speaking with Brendan today about the order I've placed for my CF airbox.... I'll have a look at the the brain box later tonight but first impressions are why would I need one? I didn't see the point...but on saying that I was looking on the website with no reading glasses on my mobile so I could have just made up what I thought I'd read !

Buzz

[BuzzBillsberry]

Don1 said:

I have a spare Accumate that I was about to put up on eBay....

Hi Don

Which model? How old? And why are you selling?

Cheers

Buzz

[Don1]

One of these:


It's 4 years old or so, I tend to keep my chargers on a time clock, so it's run for about a year or so. Selling as I have downsized a number of cars...

[Pursyluv]

Buzz, I'll have to talk to Brendan about the benefits, every time I call him he puts a new idea for an upgrade in my head

Also, my Accumate is the same as Dons and has been on permanently for 6 years whilst the car is in the garage, never had a battery issue

[GazzaM100]

Mine is fitted above the rear wheel inside the boot and I just have to plug it into a wall socket.
Works a treat and no need to use the cigarette lighter.
Can even lock the car once I've pressed the internal boot lock down

[Thatch]

Don1 said:

I have a spare Accumate that I was about to put up on eBay....

So have I

[BuzzBillsberry]

Can you both let me know how much you would like for them ? How old they are? Etc

Cheers

Buzz