[DML] Re: Charging Problem.......Help :)

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is how I installed a master switch AND don't lose my presets. Run
a wire from the + terminal of the battery to an inline fuse. Now run a
wire from the inline fuse to the fuse for the radio. Take the fuse out
of # 11 and connect to the LOAD side. Use the same size, 30 A, and a
heavy wire. Just be aware that even with the master switch off you are
still drawing a small amount out of the battery. Not much but still a
draw. If the car is not used much you should trickle charge the
battery once a month for a day. If you are really lazy (I'am kidding)
you can drill a hole in the battery cover and extend the master switch
handle through so you can just reach behind the passenger seat to get
the switch without removing the cover. There are master switches with
a removeable key so it can be inserted through the hole and removed
when you leave the car. The reason our cars seem to "eat batteries" is
because it hurts the life of a battery not to always be fully charged.
If a car is used infrequently the battery lives in a chronic state of
undercharge. A discharged battery can also freeze which is DEATH to a
battery.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "bbbigray" <bbbigray@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi list.
> 
> Interesting issue, as our cars tend to eat batteries when parked for 
> a while.  Does it cause problems if you trickle charge the battery 
> while it's still installed in the car?  Same question, quick charge?
> 
> On that note, seems to me those solar chargers you plug in to the 
> lighter made this list some time ago.  Personally, they give me the 
> creeps damage-wise, but I have no hard science to support my 
> misgivings.
> 
> In the twenty-one years I've owned the car I've driven it very 
> regularly, but as I do a lot of business travel by air, long sits are 
> a constant problem even for the daily driver.  I've always wanted to 
> make a pigtail for the car to plug in a 110v-to-12v DC power supply 
> to operate all the hot-wired power drains like the clock and other 
> volatile-memory devices, not to mention for powering systems like the 
> stereo (200W Alpine) at car shows.  Anybody got any ideas on that?
> 





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