Can I safely trickle charge my battery by connecting this to the jumper posts under the hood of a 2008 mercedes ML 320 CDI?
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Yes. Connect the red lead to the jumper post and the black lead to a good ground.
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I bought this for my husband therefore I asked him. His answer is as follows: Yes, you can as long as the cables do not touch any part of the vehicle body. He found that it works wonderfully no matter what the weather.
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If your jumper posts connect directly to the battery, then yes. However, another option is to attach the pigtail connector (I believe comes with the 5W panel) to the battery and tuck the other end (attach with a ziptie) somewhere within the front grill. This will let quickly connect to the 5W panel in seconds and charge the battery when ever its needed.
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Couldn't tell you but using it with the generator it's meant to start and using the built in trickle charger I never had a problem starting the generator.
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I'm using it for that purpose on my old Subaru. It comes with a small charge regulator to properly charge 12 volt batteries.
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It can be used for that if you keep the ignition switch in "acc" position. However, be careful not to let the + terminal disconnected under the hood touch ground because that will short out this battery connection that you've made.
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Good Day. Yes, you can connect this directly to your cars battery. thank YOU
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If your car is electric, then yes. All chargers have the same standard plus for a charging connector.It will be the same plug as found on your trickle charger that came with the vehicle.Dennis
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Yes. I would recommend you use a smart charger, like a Battery-Tender, that senses when the battery is getting charged and switches to a trickle charge, to avoid overcharging.
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The Deltran trickle charger comes with battery clips. It doesn't seem like a good idea to me to just connect a small battery to your car battery without some kind of regulator in between. You can get trickle chargers from many places.
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No. For car hookup you can buy jumper cables (6 gauge or 4 gauge) and then cut one end and add crimp eye-lets. Keep the cable short but a safe length. NOTE: A car alternator is limited to about 80A max for a sedan and 120A for a large truck/luxury car. So keep your continuous load to 1/2 of that amount (40A = approx 400W of load). For a standalone battery you can buy 4 gauge cables from Walmart automotive with better battery connections than croc clips. As always - read all instructions carefully - as fire and property damage will occur when handling high amperage 12V battery power.
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Yes you can, input is 12v DC so you can go directly from cigarette lighter to the booster. Battery charge progress is displayed on the LCD screen and will tell you when to disconnect.
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No, the wire gauge is not large enough to handle the large current need to jump start a car. It is for low current use, like trouble lights.
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i understand battery charger should not be wired to the battery while the vehicle is in use. good luck.
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If the lighter socket is still active when your key is turned off & removed then you should be able to plug into that socket. I don't use mine that way, I prefer to plug into an on board solar controller that I installed under my seat. On my pickup I decided to use a higher wattage solar panel, with a built in controller (Battery Tender 021-1164 10W Solar Charger). The controller are to insure that over extended periods of time, the battery is not overcharged, killing the life of the battery. For the small battery on my motorcycle and my lawn tractor, I've been very satisfied with the SP-400.
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I never tried it that way. I just use it for a trickle charge on my wife's car if we are gone for a while. Sorry
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If it's a properly grounded, running vehicle, the battery ground should be solidly attached to the chassis. Therefor, attaching the inverter to bat + and any good chassis ground should be fine. But getting a set of those quick connect jumpers and using for the inverter rather than jumper cables would be ideal!
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I have a motorcycle trickle charger that may work, haven't tries it, for the price get a new one
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Yes, since you can use it to charge even a vehicles battery if needed, it will trickle charge any 12 volt battery.