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<blockquote data-quote="audiolife" data-source="post: 6875244" data-attributes="member: 541383">On a smaller battery <a href="http://www.proracestore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;amp;products_id=3142&amp;amp;sourceid=BC" target="_blank">CTEK US 800 Battery Charger [CTEK0800] - $46.99 : The ProRaceStore, Racing Parts for the Professional</a> generally works well. It is ment for smaller batteries.When people put batteries on a maintaining charger it is a STONGLY suggested to check the required float voltage for the battery. When you store a vehicle or a battery leaving it hooked up to a maintainer is better than just letting it sit. The maintainers and chargers have float voltages that should meet the required float voltage of the battery they are connected too. If it is too high or too low it can kill your battery when you are actually thinking you are taking care of the battery. If you just leave a vehicle sit with the battery connected you can have a parasitic drain kill the battery in as little as a few days, so at the minimum I suggest disconnecting the battery.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audiolife, post: 6875244, member: 541383"] On a smaller battery [URL="http://www.proracestore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3142&sourceid=BC"]CTEK US 800 Battery Charger [CTEK0800] - $46.99 : The ProRaceStore, Racing Parts for the Professional[/URL] generally works well. It is ment for smaller batteries. When people put batteries on a maintaining charger it is a STONGLY suggested to check the required float voltage for the battery. When you store a vehicle or a battery leaving it hooked up to a maintainer is better than just letting it sit. The maintainers and chargers have float voltages that should meet the required float voltage of the battery they are connected too. If it is too high or too low it can kill your battery when you are actually thinking you are taking care of the battery. If you just leave a vehicle sit with the battery connected you can have a parasitic drain kill the battery in as little as a few days, so at the minimum I suggest disconnecting the battery. [/QUOTE]

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