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Old January 11th 14, 07:34 PM posted to alt.autos.corvette
Rufus
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Default Trickle Charging a C7 battery

....I can only wonder if that one is really any different from this one -

<http://www.corvettemods.com/Corvette-C6-GM-Battery-TenderCharger_p_5518.html>

Which was actually going to be my first suggestion.

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- Rufus

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> you need one of these:
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http://www.corvettemods.com/Corvette...go_p_9382.html
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> On Monday, December 30, 2013 3:56:44 PM UTC-6, Smarty wrote:
>> Having owned C5 and C6 convertibles which have been stored for the
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>> winter, I have become accustomed to using a trickle charger directly
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>> connected to the battery for many years. The rest of the car has been
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>> disconnected and only the trickle charger has been connected to the battery.
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>> The new C7 battery is no longer under the hood. It is in the trunk, and
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>> not as easily to disconnect and trickle charge.
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>> My question:
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>> Can I trickle charge via the cigarette lighter socket or another
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>> auxiliary power 12 V socket which the car also provides? Or do I have to
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>> get into the trunk, remove the trunk lining, and then connect directly
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>> across the battery as I have previously done for the last 15 years on my
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>> C5 and C6?
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>> Any advice would be appreciated.
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>> Thanks.


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