[El Zorro]

I was going to stop at Sears on my way home to pickup a battery tender, when I found this at Amazon:

Amazon.com: Schumacher SEM-1562A Slow Charge Battery Companion (1.5 Amp): Automotive

It's a Schumacher, which is a very good brand, for $21. Order another $4 worth of stuff and you get free shipping also.

 

[suegip]

nice price for a quality product. I may get one myself so I don't have to switch my tender back and forth between my two batteries.

 

[BigJohn]

I think that you would be better off with a BetteryTender. Automotive chargers have too many amps for long term maintenance and tend to boild out the electrolite. BatteryTender runs less than 0.5 amps and maintains a full charge. Will even charge a discharged batter, in time. I keep mine on maintenance charge all winter and have no problems.

 

[chuck943]

If you have an old plug in charger with a cig. lighter hook up lying around,like for a booster pack or one from an old RC car you can use that too. Just get you a adapter with the alligator clips to plug in the cig lighter hook up and you are set.

 

[El Zorro]

BigJohn, if you go to the Schumacher website Power Sports you'll see this product is listed under their power power sports equipment section, not the automotive section. The specs include: 1.5 amp charger and maintainer, LEDs indicate: Charging, Charged and Trouble, Automatically switches from Full Charge to Float-Mode Monitoring, quick disconnect harness, and reverse hookup protection. I ordered it today, and should have it by Monday so I'll have the battery ready to go through the winter. This is one of the best better charger brands out there, and the price is right.