Can we elaborate n "Battery tender" vs "smart charger?"
All I can think of reading this thread is "CTEK." It says you can leave it plugged in for months.. and I believe it! It senses when the battery doesn't need charge, and would be in some kind of idle/standby 90% of the time, right?
(Said right on the brochure: "Can be left plugged in for months." Probably because CTEK knows when to not deliver current.)
I would also imagine this to be a more common scenario, and if the battery is in good health and not otherwise hooked up to the car's electrical (or even if it is?) then should be OK.. because, how can the car's electrical suffer damage from only occasional, very low-current charging on a supremely topped-up but not overcharged battery>
All I can think of reading this thread is "CTEK." It says you can leave it plugged in for months.. and I believe it! It senses when the battery doesn't need charge, and would be in some kind of idle/standby 90% of the time, right?
(Said right on the brochure: "Can be left plugged in for months." Probably because CTEK knows when to not deliver current.)
I would also imagine this to be a more common scenario, and if the battery is in good health and not otherwise hooked up to the car's electrical (or even if it is?) then should be OK.. because, how can the car's electrical suffer damage from only occasional, very low-current charging on a supremely topped-up but not overcharged battery>