Battery maintainer - Skyline Owners Club

**skyliner08** · 8th October 2008, 09:30 PM

Can any body tell me where i can get a battery maintainer.i dont plan on using my r33 through the winter it will be in the garage.my alarm drains the battery if i dont use the car for a while i know you can get a battery maintainer for motor bikes but do they do one for cars if so wheres the best place to start looking.

**Gordon** · 8th October 2008, 09:39 PM

I cant see why the optimate would not work equally well for cars

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**Al_Star** · 8th October 2008, 09:43 PM

perhaps i could do with one of them

**Gordon** · 8th October 2008, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Al_Star

perhaps i could do with one of them

You might be better off with this one Al

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andybob · 9th October 2008, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by skyliner08

Can any body tell me where i can get a battery maintainer.i dont plan on using my r33 through the winter it will be in the garage.my alarm drains the battery if i dont use the car for a while i know you can get a battery maintainer for motor bikes but do they do one for cars if so wheres the best place to start looking.

why not start it once a week for 15 - 20 mins and let it charge and get fluids round the engine?

Rich B · 9th October 2008, 11:06 AM

no reason you cant use the optimate..
I have in the past.

**Moff** · 9th October 2008, 12:59 PM

I've bought one of these a month or so back, no probs yet.....

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Nick · 9th October 2008, 11:22 PM

Trouble is Moff, they damage your battery in the long term. The optimate is a really good product as it maintains the battery....

**turbob12** · 10th October 2008, 08:14 AM

I use one of those Clarke Quickstarts, you use it for jumpstarting a car. I have a cable out under the garage door and up through one of the rubber stoppers in the boot onto the battery, the charge lasts for ages as it's only my alarm thats draining it and your effectively unsing 2 batteries.

It has a voltage indicator on it so as it drops down to 12 volts (ish) I stick it on charge and leave it for a while.

More use than an optimate etc because you can use it as a booster for jump starting.

In fact, not last new year but the new years eve before we had a power cut so I hooked it up to an inverter and used it to power the tv to see the bells in. Quite a useful thing really.

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**Moff** · 11th October 2008, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick

Trouble is Moff, they damage your battery in the long term. The optimate is a really good product as it maintains the battery....

What happens Nick, how do they damage the battery ?

viti · 11th October 2008, 10:48 PM

i was reading on other forum, where a guy has a small solar panel on parcel shelf, which keeps battery topped up.

sounds a good idea to me. Just a thought

**Moff** · 11th October 2008, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by viti

i was reading on other forum, where a guy has a small solar panel on parcel shelf, which keeps battery topped up.

sounds a good idea to me. Just a thought

Not when your car is in the garage

**Bubble** · 11th October 2008, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by viti

i was reading on other forum, where a guy has a small solar panel on parcel shelf, which keeps battery topped up.

sounds a good idea to me. Just a thought

My work coleague has one of those for his speedboat

viti · 11th October 2008, 11:16 PM

moff

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9th October 2008, 11:06 AM	#6
Rich B Skyline Enthusiast Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: in a house County: Outside UK Posts: 232	no reason you cant use the optimate.. I have in the past.

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Nick Skyline Enthusiast Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Beds County: Bedfordshire Posts: 3,220	Trouble is Moff, they damage your battery in the long term. The optimate is a really good product as it maintains the battery....

10th October 2008, 08:14 AM	#9
turbob12 Skyline Owners Club Area Rep Membership No. 028 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Central Scotland Drives: R33 GTST Posts: 1,349	I use one of those Clarke Quickstarts, you use it for jumpstarting a car. I have a cable out under the garage door and up through one of the rubber stoppers in the boot onto the battery, the charge lasts for ages as it's only my alarm thats draining it and your effectively unsing 2 batteries. It has a voltage indicator on it so as it drops down to 12 volts (ish) I stick it on charge and leave it for a while. More use than an optimate etc because you can use it as a booster for jump starting. In fact, not last new year but the new years eve before we had a power cut so I hooked it up to an inverter and used it to power the tv to see the bells in. Quite a useful thing really. Clarke Jump Starts - Machine Mart

11th October 2008, 10:48 PM	#11
viti Skyline Enthusiast Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 16	i was reading on other forum, where a guy has a small solar panel on parcel shelf, which keeps battery topped up. sounds a good idea to me. Just a thought

11th October 2008, 11:16 PM	#14
viti Skyline Enthusiast Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 16	moff

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