This is a good charger to keep a battery maintained, especially for
storage. It will not charge the battery quickly after any discharge nor
help if the engine doesn't start readily on its own. For the price, it
is a good deal. For long term storage, be aware that continued operation
will drive some water out of a battery so maintenance free batteries
should be occasionally disconnected, especially when the weather gets
warm. For more information on maintaining batteries, go here.
http://www.trojanbattery.com/customercare_batterymaint.html

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of David Marshall
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 6:30 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Is this battery charger any good?

I want to be able to keep the battery topped up on my TriStar during the
cold season when I have the block heater plugged in so I can have a
fighting
chance to start the warm motor with a cold battery.  Is there a better
battery charger than this one?

http://www.autopn.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=212&idproduct=2038
4

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3

http://www.fastforward.ca    mailto:sales@fastforward.ca
Phone: (250) 992 7775        FAX: (250) 992 1160

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