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<blockquote data-quote="Fast Freddy" data-source="post: 11629812" data-attributes="member: 18136"><p>i just plug my charger into the cigarette lighter recepticle. i run the cord from the charger through my window which i leave down an inch or so.</p><p></p><p>i only drive my GT once month (way more vehicles than what is just listed in my sig) so thus the need to keep the battery on a charger....</p><p></p><p>i have four 1.25 amp car chargers that i rotate around between my 5 cars and 3 trucks, four .75 amp motorcycle chargers and one 1.25 amp boat charger that i keep the 2 optima blue top marine batteries in my boat charged up with. all of these chargers are deltran battery tenders.</p><p></p><p>another tip for you guys concerning the debate on the GT forum that causes a GT's gauges to get damaged is there is some kind of device that resides in the wiring of the GT between the battery and the gauges that performs some sort of task of which i can't remember what it is that is the culprit for making a gauge go bad when you try to start a GT with a dead battery or a battery with less than 80% charge. you will see all kinds of different kinds of opinions as to what is causing GT's gauges to fail on the GT forum. the funny thing is that in the main thread concerning this issue i have only ever made 1 post about this as to what i and my GT tech at the ford dealership know to be the culprit. there are certain Ford SUV's that have this same issue as the GT as the particular year make and models of those suv's are wired the same way as the GT is with that device that does not like a low voltage condition and takes it's rath out on the vehicles guages by breaking them. </p><p></p><p>you will notice that certain people make a ton of posts saying that the problem is the result of something else but these people are flat out wrong as my battery tender has confirmed what my Ford GT tech told me as the battery tender tells you not only if your battery is 100% charged or not sufficiently charged like most trickle or float chargers do, but the battery tender also tells you when you are at 80% charge or more and less than 100% charged. this is a feature that no other chargers have and this is how i was able to figure out what is causing the problems with gauges going bad. </p><p></p><p>note - nobody else on that site has ever mentioned this diagnosis and testing that i have done and therefore me and my tech are the only ones that know what the real story is. he had this intel before me and came about it through some other means.... </p><p></p><p>a deltran battery tender is the best and safest charger for a GT imo because it can tell you if you have more or less than 80% charge. if you don't have at least 80% charge do not try and start your GT because you will risk smoking 1 or more of your gauges ~</p><p></p><p>while you may be able to start your GT with way less than 80% of a charge that device in your wiring will fry your gauges and this explains why people with other types of chargers that only indicate a 100% charge or some unknown % less than that are wasting their gauges and are confused because they are missing this key piece to the puzzle....</p><p></p><p>Ford owes us a recall fix for this but they haven't done it yet....</p><p></p><p>finally another unique feature ability that i discovered that the battery tender has is the ability to tell you how effective your alternator is at keeping your battery sufficiently charged while you are driving :idea: after you drive one of your vehicles immediately hook up your battery tender and it will tell you if your battery is 100% charged or somewhere between 80-100% charged or less than 80%. this is an indication of the condition of your alternator :read:</p><p></p><p>this is something that i am surprised that Deltran the makers of the battery tender have not marketed and promoted via advertising as a benefit that their charger has that their competitors chargers do not have :shrug:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fast Freddy, post: 11629812, member: 18136"] i just plug my charger into the cigarette lighter recepticle. i run the cord from the charger through my window which i leave down an inch or so. i only drive my GT once month (way more vehicles than what is just listed in my sig) so thus the need to keep the battery on a charger.... i have four 1.25 amp car chargers that i rotate around between my 5 cars and 3 trucks, four .75 amp motorcycle chargers and one 1.25 amp boat charger that i keep the 2 optima blue top marine batteries in my boat charged up with. all of these chargers are deltran battery tenders. another tip for you guys concerning the debate on the GT forum that causes a GT's gauges to get damaged is there is some kind of device that resides in the wiring of the GT between the battery and the gauges that performs some sort of task of which i can't remember what it is that is the culprit for making a gauge go bad when you try to start a GT with a dead battery or a battery with less than 80% charge. you will see all kinds of different kinds of opinions as to what is causing GT's gauges to fail on the GT forum. the funny thing is that in the main thread concerning this issue i have only ever made 1 post about this as to what i and my GT tech at the ford dealership know to be the culprit. there are certain Ford SUV's that have this same issue as the GT as the particular year make and models of those suv's are wired the same way as the GT is with that device that does not like a low voltage condition and takes it's rath out on the vehicles guages by breaking them. you will notice that certain people make a ton of posts saying that the problem is the result of something else but these people are flat out wrong as my battery tender has confirmed what my Ford GT tech told me as the battery tender tells you not only if your battery is 100% charged or not sufficiently charged like most trickle or float chargers do, but the battery tender also tells you when you are at 80% charge or more and less than 100% charged. this is a feature that no other chargers have and this is how i was able to figure out what is causing the problems with gauges going bad. note - nobody else on that site has ever mentioned this diagnosis and testing that i have done and therefore me and my tech are the only ones that know what the real story is. he had this intel before me and came about it through some other means.... a deltran battery tender is the best and safest charger for a GT imo because it can tell you if you have more or less than 80% charge. if you don't have at least 80% charge do not try and start your GT because you will risk smoking 1 or more of your gauges ~ while you may be able to start your GT with way less than 80% of a charge that device in your wiring will fry your gauges and this explains why people with other types of chargers that only indicate a 100% charge or some unknown % less than that are wasting their gauges and are confused because they are missing this key piece to the puzzle.... Ford owes us a recall fix for this but they haven't done it yet.... finally another unique feature ability that i discovered that the battery tender has is the ability to tell you how effective your alternator is at keeping your battery sufficiently charged while you are driving :idea: after you drive one of your vehicles immediately hook up your battery tender and it will tell you if your battery is 100% charged or somewhere between 80-100% charged or less than 80%. this is an indication of the condition of your alternator :read: this is something that i am surprised that Deltran the makers of the battery tender have not marketed and promoted via advertising as a benefit that their charger has that their competitors chargers do not have :shrug: [/QUOTE]
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