Battery Tenders
Keep in mind I'm a noob to the diesel world,,,,, So twice now the batteries have run down on my Duramax from lack of use. I'm starting to look for an inexpensive tender that I can mount to the vehi...
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It all depends on how much you want to spend, I have one of the cheap $20 1.5 amp harbor freight battery tenders on my 30KW diesel home standby generator it has been hooked up for 6 or 7 years and is still working. I change the battery out every 5 years regardless if it needs it, just because I don't want to ever have to deal with a dead battery during a storm. By contrast I have an BatteryMinder model 2012 which sells for $90 on amazon on my old diesel 7.3 F250 pickup (2000 model) which only gets driven occasionally to haul stuff on the weekends, again it works, gives a few more bells and whistles than the $20 Harbor Freight model, I don't know if it really worth an extra $70 though. (I bought it on one of their lightning deal specials a year or two ago for about half off during the holiday season.
(my motorhome has 400 watts worth of solar panels on the roof which keep the batteries charged)
(my motorhome has 400 watts worth of solar panels on the roof which keep the batteries charged)
