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Optima 1200 Battery charger
After a series of battery tenders of various types, all of which gave up the ghost in a few years, I ordered one. Arrived today from Summit. Boy, they ship fast. Anyway, just hooked it up on the Mustang's model 35 red top. I love it's display...it's juice gauge telling me I was at 11.9 volts at the beginning, a 75% charge. Easy to read, like an analog gas gauge. Time will tell if it was worth the $200 or not...
Anybody else here have one? Anyway, read about 'em here: https://www.optimabatteries.com/en-us/battery-charger
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05-31-2018, 03:36 PM
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Yes It is.I bought one after several Schumaker battery tenders stopped working for me. I think it’s a good investment.
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I have one but my LED went out so I'm blind when I'm charging been very happy with it other than that
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ETL certified to UL 1236, so that is a big plus. Too many chargers these days are not.
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I have the 400 and love it !
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Thanks guys. Time will tell on how long it lasts, but used it on both cars last night. Camry still has it's original battery, so I switched the battery type per instructions. It worked well on both. Did a voltage check with the multimeter after each car was done. Everything checked out well. So far, no regrets. Well, other than having bought the cheaper ones in the first place.
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