Car battery - Trickle Charger

[ladymuck]

Even if it doesn't produce enough current to keep the battery fully charged, it will slow down the loss of charge.

Yes, that's my aim. Once I get it fully charged, I only then need a trickle charger to keep it topped up.

[BR14]

it's not for charging from empty. it's for maintaining full charge on an already charged battery.
and it's a <>£30 black mat on the parcel shelf, not worth nicking.

wot i said.

[rossb2]

I use this for charging
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Fully Charges a 90 amp hour car battery in a few hours. Cheap at 35 pounds.

I am not using my car at all during lockdown, so I do a full charge every 2 weeks.

[Fraidycat]

The battery on my daughters mini was totally dead. Five months of zero use in the lock down. I didn't renew her expensive insurance last year, as it was a bit pointless.

Instead of charging the dead battery, i just bought a new one, was £100 for a branded 70 amp stop/start AGM battery.

I thought it would be £185 for a stop start battery, the kind of quotes i was getting from Halfords, but shopping around the internets was able to find a reasonable price for a battery that is in reality going into a small car and so shouldn't be so expensive..

[DealorNoDeal]

The battery on my daughters mini was totally dead. Five months of zero use in the lock down. I didn't renew her expensive insurance last year, as it was a bit pointless.

Instead of charging the dead battery, i just bought a new one, was £100 for a branded 70 amp stop/start AGM battery.

I thought it would be £185 for a stop start battery, the kind of quotes i was getting from Halfords, but shopping around the internets was able to find a reasonable price for a battery that is in reality going into a small car and so shouldn't be so expensive..

Probably not a bad move. Letting a car battery go flat can seriously damage the battery. Do this a few times and the battery will probably be knackered and won't hold a decent charge.

You can get leisure batteries which will tolerate being repeatedly discharged but ordinary car batteries won't.