If your Corvette has to “hibernate” – you have to have one of these…
If you aren’t lucky enough to live where you can enjoy your Corvette year-round- these battery accessories are a MUST-have! Only allowing your car battery to remain hooked up like usual is not a good idea. It’s unsafe, and it will harm your battery over time. Choosing a long-term storage solution like a Battery Disconnect or a Battery Maintainer/Float Charger like the Battery Tender brand is a natural choice.
The short-term storage solution: Battery Disconnects
For short term storage of your Corvette where the battery would typically not lose any appreciable charge- a “Battery disconnect” is the way to go. The battery disconnect is a straightforward concept, and it’s easy to install. It is a switch that is placed between your battery and the accessories that can drain it. Again, it is best used for short periods when your car is not in regular use. If you show your Corvette, organizations like the National Corvette Restorers Society (NCRS) award extra judging points for having a battery disconnect on your car when it is judged!
“Trickle” Chargers vs. “Float” Chargers / Battery Maintainers
For car people, there’s an important distinction between the two types of battery chargers. Trickle chargers are “dumb.” They only send a constant small charge to your battery no matter whether it is charged to 0% or 100%. All of the “Battery Tender” brands that Keen Parts sells are a float charger/battery maintainer. These are designed to keep your car’s battery fully and safely charged when it sits for an extended time- say several months or more. Float charging means that the Battery Tender will charge your battery to 100% and then “maintain” the full charge as it slowly discharges over a long period of inactivity. A computer controls the process, and most agree that it’s safer than a “trickle” charger and has none of the damaging effects.
Battery Tender brand battery maintainers are our top choice here at Keen Parts (and I have a Battery Tender on EVERY VEHICLE that is off the road/in long-term storage). It’s an easy choice for peace of mind.
Battery Tenders feature:
- A long-term warranty
- Quick-connect harness, ring terminals, and alligator clips
- Spark-proof, reverse polarity protected
- Automatically switches from full charge to float charging mode
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Keen Parts/CorvetteParts.net is a leading manufacturer and retailer of Corvette parts and accessories. We have over thirty years of happy customers all over the world and look forward to helping you with all of your Corvette needs. Our catalogs cover more than 26,000 Corvette parts and accessories. Our retail shop and warehouses are located in Cleves, Ohio, just north of Cincinnati. We are right off Interstate Highway I-74 and only six minutes from Cincinnati. We stock parts available for Corvettes from 1953 to the present. If you own a Corvette- we have the parts and accessories (and know-how!) that you need!
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