HF - Trickle Chargers -

People actually park Fords inside their attached garages you know :)

The sound system in my kitchen is a Delco Buick AM/FM CD & cassette unit that has run for over 10 years. I have two Interstate spiral wrap Optimas on it with a Schumacher 1.5 auto shut off charger. This is what HF makes a copy of for around $9.95 on special. It looks like a black plastic box with a red and black wire with round crimp fittings. You plug an extension cord into it. With GOOD batteries at FULL charge it will kick on till the voltage reads around 14.08 volts. It then kicks off and drifts down to about 13.07 or so. This will go up and down and cycle the battery so it gets execise. I hooked up a Fluke meter to it and that is what I got. This system runs nice and cool in the basement and hums very little. If the battery ain't no good a small charger will get cooked and a big charger will cook the battery. Volts versus amps. Batteries will cook altinaters and vicey versey too. Check the bat. with a good load meter first. The HF one for $10.oo on special is one H--ll of a deal and will check a lot of stuff around the place. Go to the local Interstate warehouse and pick up a return battery. About $20-25 bucks and they check and will cover replacement. The Optimas go for about $40.oo. I have bought a boat load of Optimas that came back out of warrenty but still new. Only had two bad ones out of about 40 of them. I Re-sell to friends and a couple of used car dealer friends. Many happy friends! That HF charger has been on my system for about two weeks now and it is perfect. " I gave the Schumacher to my dad for his shop system."Check out your battery first and see if you get the meter readings I gave in the text. Electricity stumps a lot of people and it is worse when it comes to car systems. This type of subject has gone round and Aruond on here many times before. Let us know. Jeffcat