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Old 12-06-2020, 08:59 PM   #1141
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Originally Posted by John V View Post
I've maintained my stuff with the same two Battery Tenders for over ten years, no issues at all. What's to avoid? One of them even lives outside on my zero turn, has been covered in snow and still works

edit... longer than that. The one hooked up to the RX-8 right now has a 2003 date code
I've had a number of them fail (which is fine, whatever, as long as they fail off), one of them failed on and boiled a battery so badly that it left puddles of acid around it.

CTEKs do pretty well for me, aside from the shitty control button.
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