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Alright you guys need some advice on a battery maintainer for a 2013 Case IH 235 Magnum.Darn thing is always dead when we go to use it after a month or so,we plant with it then it sits until we go back to harvest and put a grain cart on it.If you are using it it starts everyday.Didnt know if i needed a two bank tender,or just a single one being the batterys are hooked in parallel?Any good advice?Thanks.
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I use the $8 ones from Harbor Freight. Dodge, Kubota, Generator, snow blower
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If the batteries are hooked in parallel you still have a 12 volt system and should be able to use a single 12 volt battery tender. Hooked in series you would have a 24 volt system. I have been switching over to the solar chargers for equipment that is stored outside. Relatively cheap from HF and seem to work fine.
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If it were me and the tractor sits outside, I'd rig up a solar battery tender.
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Looks like i will order a battery tender from amazon then.Tractor sits in the machine shed.Thanks for the help!
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If solar is not an option, I like the CTEK 4.3 MUS Polar.
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T R U M P W O N !
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Being cheap,I'd hate to pay $30 for one when a $8 one from HF will do the job
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Being cheap,I'd hate to pay $30 for one when a $8 one from HF will do the job If I am going to leave something plugged in for a long period of time, I will spend the extra dollars for what I think is the best made one. I keep my tractor that I feed hay with plugged into a battery tender during the winter, and it's a Battery Tender Jr. I have a couple of the el cheapo ones that I use on 4-wheelers and the like when needed.
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Fuse your chargers , had a boat fire on a unfused solar charger, the regulator caught fire!
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Being cheap,I'd hate to pay $30 for one when a $8 one from HF will do the job Be careful of these. The constant charging will boil off the water in the battery and cause an explosion. You can use them but keep an eye on the water level. How I know.The "battery tender" seems to do a better job of stopping charging.
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Being cheap,I'd hate to pay $30 for one when a $8 one from HF will do the job Be careful of these. The constant charging will boil off the water in the battery and cause an explosion. You can use them but keep an eye on the water level. How I know.The "battery tender" seems to do a better job of stopping charging. Yes,I check water levels frequently
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An isolation switch works well if the batteries are good
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My advice would be to get a real battery and forget the charging stuff. Based on 10 years of personal experience there is only one real battery - the Odyssey battery. The Odyssey battery in my 4 wheeler is 10 years old and my wheeler sits for 5 months over the winter without starting. Pull it out in the spring and it has plenty of cranking power to bring the wheeler back to life. The two batteries in my diesel truck are Odyssey and they're 9 years old. My truck can sit for a month at a time in the winter during below freezing temperatures and I've never had a problem. One time it had been sitting for 3 weeks in January and because of an emergency I had to start it at minus 15 below zero. No problems. Another feature of the Odyssey battery is they are totally sealed. A lot of batteries say they're sealed, but they're not if you can't run them inverted.. No problem running an Odyssey batter inverted. The advantage of totally sealed is no off-gassing that will corrode battery terminals and battery trays. You can find an Odyssey battery for your application on Amazon, Ebay or West Coast Batteries. Odyssey batteries are more expensive up front, but much much cheaper in the long run. Click Here for West Coast Batteries
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