Lightning Performance
Here For The Long Haul!
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I stopped using those "battery tenders" they suck. Charging everything every six weeks is best or go with a solar tender. It is so much more reliable than these 50-100 dollhair tenders imo. The plug-in tenders cooked one big battery every year. After three years on my Ford diesel it got tossed. One cooked my new riding mower battery in six months, junk mfers!!!Was left plugged in basically to keep the batteries charged during prolonged non-use period. New glow plugs and relays very early this year.
The Hulk has become more and more of a hard starter over the last 2 years I would say.
Thinking I want to get everything right and sell it maybe.
Go old school with a timed charge to peek them monthly. It does work best to push the cells over some after sitting dormant imo. The smaller batteries get charged with a one amp charger for a day or so. Literally a 1000 mlA wall plug in transformer for those. Takes days to peek marine deep cycles in storage.