Owner's of Sears' DieHard Battery Maintainer/Charger please help!
Hey guys,
I need your help this morning: I purchased the DieHard Battery Charger/Maintainer (Model # 28-71219) at Sears on Friday night, and I have a question. I plugged it into my C6's cigarette lighter input, and plugged it into the garage outlet, and it began to charge. I just had the car out earlier for a half an hour, so the battery was almost fully charged. It charged for about 25 mins, then switched to "Charged", but would switch back to "Charge" every 4-5 seconds. It would repeat this process for the whole night??? I couldn't find anywhere in the book, or this forum to see if this was normal. I even read "Battery Tender" brand's Manual online, and that symptom for them could be a bad battery. So I hooked it up to my daily driver, my Intrepid R/T (which has a brand new battery that I just installed a few months ago), and plugged it in, and charged for 15 mins, then started doing the back and forth with the LED lights? PLEASE HELP!!! |
Sounds Normal.
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Originally Posted by Daytona Bob
(Post 1567697992)
Sounds Normal.
The reason I ask, is the manual says when charging it will blink charge, but when fully charge, it stays in "float mode", and stays green? |
don't know about flicking back and forth, but my other brand (schumacher) charges, then goes to charged, then charges again over a period of hours, days. I don't think it's unusual. your car has things running in it all the time. thus, it's drawing down power. just make sure everything's off including that nasty little interior light switch.
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My Diehard charger model 200-713101 light stays green when in the float mode. :cheers:
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Thanks...anyone else who has this model? I think it's normal, because it did the same thing to my Intrepid?
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Originally Posted by C6-Chris
(Post 1567698032)
The reason I ask, is the manual says when charging it will blink charge, but when fully charge, it stays in "float mode", and stays green?
Lets hope other Diehard owners chime in |
Thanks Bob, hopefully soon because I want to hook it back up to my Vette before I back to work tomorrow. Weather is supposed to be cold the next few weeks, so I want to put her to bed, and need to know if I should exchange it, or keep it.
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Hey, anyone else out there?
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That's normal....it charges and rests....this is the basic principle of a maintainer......its a good unit and will keep away the dreaded dead battery...:thumbs:
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Originally Posted by cclive
(Post 1567699730)
That's normal....it charges and rests....this is the basic principle of a maintainer......its a good unit and will keep away the dreaded dead battery...:thumbs:
I have one that does that also |
Originally Posted by Ward1
(Post 1567699899)
:iagree:
I have one that does that also Mine charges then rests every like 5-6 seconds? That is completely normal? |
Yes, that can be just fine....pulsing like that helps prevent sulphation on the plates...:thumbs:
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I have used this model for years. I have given them to friends as gifts. I like the cigarette lighter plug-in feature. I have two of them on two stored cars right this minute. This model works great -- no problems, no worries.
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Originally Posted by ablackacre
(Post 1567700912)
I have used this model for years. I have given them to friends as gifts. I like the cigarette lighter plug-in feature. I have two of them on two stored cars right this minute. This model works great -- no problems, no worries.
Thanks...I have it hooked up to my 06 C6 right now...Do you guys keep the unit inside the car or right outside? I have it hooked up to the cigarette lighter and the unit on a stool right outside the car. |
Interesting, I have two of these that are hooked up as I write this. The one is on my GTO that doesn't have any draw except a clock. This charger is cycling back and forth about every five seconds. The other is on a German car that is notorius for drawing down a battery and that one is only cycling about every 60 seconds. I think it may be the type of battery. The GTO has one of the repro batteries that look old but is actually a glass mat type and the other is a very good regular type wet cell. Both chargers work well at keeping them up and I have used them for a number of years and have another one that I had on a previous C5. Haven't used it on the C6 because I am drivng it every day since I got it in August.:D
I do keep them outside the car and connected directly to the battery. They do tend to get a slight bit warm so I just rest them on the floor next to the car on the side with the battery. |
Thanks for the comment...So keeping this plugged in all the time is ok, especially for a long period of time?
Thanks
Originally Posted by Joe C5 C2
(Post 1567704152)
Interesting, I have two of these that are hooked up as I write this. The one is on my GTO that doesn't have any draw except a clock. This charger is cycling back and forth about every five seconds. The other is on a German car that is notorius for drawing down a battery and that one is only cycling about every 60 seconds. I think it may be the type of battery. The GTO has one of the repro batteries that look old but is actually a glass mat type and the other is a very good regular type wet cell. Both chargers work well at keeping them up and I have used them for a number of years and have another one that I had on a previous C5. Haven't used it on the C6 because I am drivng it every day since I got it in August.:D
I do keep them outside the car and connected directly to the battery. They do tend to get a slight bit warm so I just rest them on the floor next to the car on the side with the battery. |
Originally Posted by AORoads
(Post 1567698088)
don't know about flicking back and forth, but my other brand (schumacher) charges, then goes to charged, then charges again over a period of hours, days. I don't think it's unusual. your car has things running in it all the time. thus, it's drawing down power. just make sure everything's off including that nasty little interior light switch.
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Also, don't forget about the clothes-dryer-sheets or mothballs trick when you store your car. My wife likes the dryer sheets best.
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Originally Posted by C6-Chris
(Post 1567704203)
Thanks for the comment...So keeping this plugged in all the time is ok, especially for a long period of time?
Thanks |
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