An ejection port like on fire trucks would be cool. Turn the ignition and the cord gets popped out of the recepticle!
Is it safe to run a battery tender through the DC power port?
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An ejection port like on fire trucks would be cool. Turn the ignition and the cord gets popped out of the recepticle!
True , but just how many hopped up Meth heads are concern with battery health while illegally living in the forest ?
When I was looking at those I found a magnetic low voltage one for battery charging.
I thought about it but it was too big to fit on that spot with any sort of mounting. I've replaced them several times on the fire trucks at the VFD. They are easy to install, just takes a trigger wire to the starter to trip the ejection.
So what you're saying is you've seen tenders fail and basically short out the battery and burn up whatever wiring is connecting the two?
Well ain't that just special! I never thought about that... How do you design something that bad?
WestCoastDan
TJ Addict
Weather finally got dry enough to put the Harley behind the TJ, that means it will sit 'most' of the time now as the wife will drive the JKUR.
That said, I have a tender for the bike, but I'm planning to connect it to the TJ after the position swap.
My biggest fear is that the wife will decide to take the TJ and back out of the garage with the cord attached - if I run a typical SAE plug direct to the battery - unless I leave the hood propped open.
I have an SAE-to-cig lighter adapter, so I think I'll take a lesson from the image above and drop the power down from the ceiling through the driver's side door.
My guess is that placing the unit where it cannot be seen regularly is a major factor in the fire count referenced by others. I'd expect the thing to melt, smoke, etc. before it suddenly bursts into flame.
Adding a fuse between the charger and the battery won't do anything to protect the garage/AC side of the circuit when/if the thing goes south... that's what the circuit breaker is there for.
That said, I have a tender for the bike, but I'm planning to connect it to the TJ after the position swap.
My biggest fear is that the wife will decide to take the TJ and back out of the garage with the cord attached - if I run a typical SAE plug direct to the battery - unless I leave the hood propped open.
I have an SAE-to-cig lighter adapter, so I think I'll take a lesson from the image above and drop the power down from the ceiling through the driver's side door.
My guess is that placing the unit where it cannot be seen regularly is a major factor in the fire count referenced by others. I'd expect the thing to melt, smoke, etc. before it suddenly bursts into flame.
Adding a fuse between the charger and the battery won't do anything to protect the garage/AC side of the circuit when/if the thing goes south... that's what the circuit breaker is there for.
WestCoastDan
TJ Addict
Great idea, @ShredAZ!
Tell us about the tuner/BT receiver setup you have here, sir... I'm intrigued.
Wow I didn't notice that. That's like the ideal radio. I was looking at Bluetooth amps dreaming about no head unit but they're expensive and not that common
Ya'll need to get out more. It was done and discussed in detail. Look left.
Ohh I knew you had done something similar but I was remembering it as being a little different. But you used the exact same thing... Time to reread
Oh man, Blaine. It's quite rare when you make a grammatical error...
Someone call the grammar police @JMT
No need, Blaine has already corrected it - likely without even seeing my little jab. I do that all the time. I'll be looking at posts I've written years ago and see a typo - and damn if I don't take the time to correct it.
And yes I feel dumb for not noticing it is literally in your profile pic. My excuse is it's little on mobile
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