Battery conditioner or plain old battery charger?

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Sat 8 Oct 2011 20:42
Battery conditioner or plain old battery charger? - Mutton Geoff

I've recently bought a classic car and don't plan to take it on winter roads. I've been looking at one of those battery conditioner/chargers (CTEK make a range) and a search here reveals nothing.

Any experience/advice about these things? I thought I could just bung my 30 year old basic charger on from time to time but it could be I am behind the times. These new fangled boxes are £60 upwards though so I wondered if there was any benefit to having a proper monitored trickle charger hooked up all the time in case I wake up one sunny dry morning and fancy a blast?

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Sat 8 Oct 2011 22:24
Battery conditioner or plain old battery charger? - dadbif
You can buy solar powered trickle chargers reasonably cheaply, they work vey well, all you need is a window in your garage to site the solar panel. Doesn't need sunshine, just light!
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Sat 8 Oct 2011 22:32
Battery conditioner or plain old battery charger? - NARU

Aldi sell a good charger, they mey have a few left if you're lucky

www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_20978....m

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Sun 9 Oct 2011 17:58
Battery conditioner or plain old battery charger? - dadbif
If you have a window in your garage get a solar powered trickle charger, dead sole to use and work a treat, cheap too

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