gtinmyblood
GT Owner
If you are using a gel cel you have to use the CTek. The tender will not work with all tyes of batteries.
Bad 'tender', or WHAT???
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If you are using a gel cel you have to use the CTek. The tender will not work with all tyes of batteries.
PL510*Jeff
Well-known member
BlackICE
GT Owner
Pretty tight specs. I would guess this is not the case, but will test it and post the results.
BlackICE
GT Owner
While the CTek may be a fine alternative, the Battery Tenders explicitly support gel cell batteries.
BlackICE
GT Owner
Another Tender goes bad!
One of my battery tender Jr. went bad. I was concerned that my battery is going bad since the tender's green LED wasn't lighting up as quickly as before. It used to go green within 1 to 2 days, but now as taking 4 to 5 days. I checked the battery voltage and it seem OK. So I used another tender and it went green less than an hour. Plug in the bad one again, hours later still red. I guess I can give my bad one to EP, he can use it on one of the many cars he doesn't drive. A dead battery wouldn't make any difference to EP.
One of my battery tender Jr. went bad. I was concerned that my battery is going bad since the tender's green LED wasn't lighting up as quickly as before. It used to go green within 1 to 2 days, but now as taking 4 to 5 days. I checked the battery voltage and it seem OK. So I used another tender and it went green less than an hour. Plug in the bad one again, hours later still red. I guess I can give my bad one to EP, he can use it on one of the many cars he doesn't drive. A dead battery wouldn't make any difference to EP.
Dino
Ford GT Owner
Deltran's response to my problem posted earlier regarding my Tender Jr.
"The Battery Tender can take a few hours to get back to the fully chargedstate even if the battery is full, this is because the unit still has to gothru all of the 4 stages of charging again. "
"The Battery Tender can take a few hours to get back to the fully chargedstate even if the battery is full, this is because the unit still has to gothru all of the 4 stages of charging again. "
Kayvan
GT Owner
- Jul 13, 2006
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My take is its false savings...
You buy a Battery Tender for $35...it lets your Optima die 3 times in 2yrs, till you have to get a new Optima at $125, plus another Tender for $35,+ tow, ship, and/or aggravation
vs.
You buy A CTEK for $100 and keep your Optima for 5 years, and know 100% where your battery float stats/specs are.
You buy a Battery Tender for $35...it lets your Optima die 3 times in 2yrs, till you have to get a new Optima at $125, plus another Tender for $35,+ tow, ship, and/or aggravation
vs.
You buy A CTEK for $100 and keep your Optima for 5 years, and know 100% where your battery float stats/specs are.
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