<VV> Battery Tender

[UltraMonzaWest@aol.com]

For those of you not familiar with these devices, these are not the 
same as a simple battery charger that keeps on charging. These shut off 
and monitor the charge. They are designed, not so much to charge a dead 
battery, but to maintain one. They seem to be ideal for maintaining 
batteries that are seldom used. They are not cheap; mine was $49.99 at 
Northern.

Bruce

**********************************************************

Many of us cannot imagine what you're talking about! gggg

We all bought the same thing for  $1.99 ....30 yrs. ago....or made one for 
$1.14  plus labor!

A 1 amp TRICKLE charger never needs to shut off.......nor does it ever 
overcharge a battery.....

simple physics!

Reminds me of the time when Facility Eng.  wanted to spend $80k  for a 
"timebased"  Kilowatt control for a generator....they sited the antique equipment it 
would replace...complete with a remark about the "pencil" marks on the 
rheostat [ dial]...

I then produced the digital record to show  how the generator did EXACTLY 
what they wanted to do.....when the knob was set to the Pencil Mark!!!   AH!   
progress!  ggg

Matt