Do I need a trickle charger?

Do I need a trickle charger?

You may consider a trickle charger if you have a combination of any of the following factors?

• Long periods of cold weather
• Infrequent use of your car of bike
• A very old battery or battery type in your vehicle
• Short journey use (less than 20 mins)

All of these factors could mean that you car or bike is not charging enough through the normal use of the engine

The Battery Tender Junior

A great trickle charger

This is a small and straight forward charger by Deltran that will charge flooded or sealed maintenance free batteries *(gel cell and AGM types). Built to last, it comes with a 5 year warranty and is very popular of particular note is that it is very easy to use.

- The Tender Jr is a 12Volt and 0.75 Amp charger.

- The Tender Jr comes with all the leads (12ft long) and plugs you need to get going.
- It has a 4-step charging program (initialization, bulk charge, absorption mode and float mode).
- It is reverse polarity protected so you cannot make a mistake with cross wiring.
- A 2 colour LED lets you know the status of the battery and charge process.

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What is a trickle charger?

What is a trickle charger?

Trickle Chargers both charge batteries and extend the life of batteries.  They are affordable to purchase and draw power from a static mains source.  Solar panels can also be used as a power source, perhaps while mobile. 

They can also be known as battery tenders (there is a very popular firm of the same name – just to add confusion), battery chargers or battery maintainers (older batteries required maintenance; this is also, confusingly something else).

Trickle charger features:

Most batteries for vehicles, such as: cars, motorbikes, boats, mobility devices, ATVs, Jetskis and snowmobiles use 12 Volt batteries.

The Power output will have a direct relation to how quick the battery will be charged. Power is measured in Amps (A) and a budget typical battery tender starts at 0.75A, 1.5A would be an effective mid range device.  

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