loanshark

My car will see about 500 miles over the next 24 months. I want to get a battery tender for it.

Anybody have recommendations? Where to buy? Also does battery tender have any effect on the honda battery life?

Lastly, my car stays indoor under the OEM cover. Would it be adviseable to run the tender wires, under the cover to the hood? Any fire hazard?

Thank you for your advanced help.

BlackbirdWS6

Look around online for a decent price. Pep boys sells them also but they don't always keep them in stock. I have the battery tender plus and it works great. I currently have an optima battery but previously had a regular battery. No problems with either battery.

It also comes with two different style connectors. You can either gatorclip it onto the battery posts or undo the battery bolts and use the other connector to leave the ends ready to plug in. Can't go wrong with it really and its dummy proof.

Paid ~60 bucks for mine.

-Brian

loanshark

Thank you Brian. Its called battery tender plus?

I will find it tonight and order it.

Thanks

BlackbirdWS6

yes it is called battery tender plus. They have a few different models with a range of features. Check out www.batterytender.com for more details on the different models they have.

-Brian

MikeyCB

If I were going to drive a car that infrequently, i'd probably disconnect the battery leads to the car and have only the tender hooked up under the hood. No point having a draw of any kind on it since you're going to go through the "inconvenience" of disconnecting the tender every time you drive it anyway.

I will now drive my car twice as much to make up for the lack of driving on your part

loanshark

Mikey-thanks for the info. So you suggest taking off the battery connections from the car, and just having the battery hooked up to the tender?

I wish I could drive it more, but being 15k+ miles away from the car at times on business, doesn't allow me the pleasure.

ENjoy for me!

MikeyCB

If it were my car I would just disconnect the negative from the battery and leave the tender on the battery alone. That said, you'll have to enter your radio code and lose your preset stations every you disconnect it so it's your call. Was just trying to better preserve your battery since the tender will automatically charge only when needed. So if you take away all possible electrical draws, you should have the charger (tender) kicking in a lot less. I mean, not a huge deal, we aren't talking about the life of your car, it's the life of the battery.

loanshark

Will do. I really don't listen to the radio in the car, anyways.

Appreciat the help

Ravenwerk

The tender will definitely extend the battery's longevity.

plokivos

this is like chicken tender right.