Trickle Charger for 48V

[jondrew]

After my "Dead Battery " thread, I decided to get new batteries. Now I want to keep them up. As previously stated, I use my cart only occasionally, so most of the time its just sitting in my garage. My used 48V, 4x12 V cell 06 Precident came with your standard Powerdrive 2 charger. Most people are telling me to just leave it plugged in all the time. One person in the previous thread suggested getting a trickle charger. I thought that giving the cart a full charge on the Powerdrive and then leaving it on a battery tender trickle charger sounded like a good idea. But the only one I found (so far) is this one on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/BatteryMINDer...ustomerReviews

That sucker is $300. Anyone know of cheaper alternatives? Thats almost as much as a new charger.

[Philfrompa]

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https://www.amazon.com/BatteryMINDer-483CEC1-Charger-Maintainer-Desulfator/dp/B01KMFMEVU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498392539&sr=8-1&keywords=battery+minder+48+volt#customerReview s[/url]



That sucker is $300. Anyone know of cheaper alternatives? Thats almost as much as a new charger.

I think Battery Tender Jr runs around 30.00.

Phil




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[RUT]

This is the one I use and it works pretty slick!


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HGFRNU..._t1_B01KMFMEVU

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Originally Posted by RUT

This is the one I use and it works pretty slick!


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HGFRNU..._t1_B01KMFMEVU

I bought this same one a couple of months ago and so far it works great !

[jondrew]

Yes! That's what I was looking for. Amazed I did not find it when searching Amazon. Thanks!

Originally Posted by RUT

This is the one I use and it works pretty slick!


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HGFRNU..._t1_B01KMFMEVU

[RUT]

>>I thought that giving the cart a full charge on the Powerdrive and then leaving it on a battery tender trickle charger sounded like a good idea<<

And that's exactly what I do with mine, using the above trickle charger.

[Kashmir]

A lot of folks here have very good things to say about the Save A Battery Maintainer linked above.
I plan on getting one myself.

[_ogre]

Originally Posted by jondrew

Most people are telling me to just leave it plugged in all the time.

this is what most people do. the obc will check the charge every 4 days after a full charge
no need for this unless you only use your cart every 6 mths

[Porkman]

I'm using the same one RUT suggested too. Does a nice job. I'll top off with outboard charger then connect the Save A Battery while I'm gone for a couple of weeks. Nice coming back to a fully charged pack.

[Philfrompa]

Originally Posted by RUT

This is the one I use and it works pretty slick!


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002HGFRNU..._t1_B01KMFMEVU

Do you need one for each battery in a 4 12 pack?
That is almost 400.00

Thanks
Phil


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