Thread: Recommendation: Odyssey PC680 or PC925 for my build?

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Originally Posted by curmudgeon

Don,
What do you use for a charger to maintain the battery if it sits for an extended time?

I'm leaning toward the PC680 for It's size and I want it in the cab.

Thanks!
Joe

We have two chargers. I just have a regular old 12 volt 15 amp/2 amp/25 amp starting model, but my Son Don has one of those smart chargers that is set up to do various types of batteries. The very few times (probably twice) that I thought my 23 was cranking slow after sitting for an extended time and had to put a charger on it, I just used my old fashioned one on 2 amps. Maybe not the correct way to do it but it never seemed to affect the battery in any way. I think as long as you don't exceed 13.8 volts it doesn't hurt anything, but that is not a scientific theory.

The alternator in my 23 was a 100 amper and it would regularly go over 14 volts, so I kept my headlights on to keep it in the 13.5 range. That never seemed to hurt the battery either.

Don