Joe Warren 80 #1 Posted October 3, 2020 I am thinking about purchasing a solar trickle battery charger to keep my tractor battery fresh. I am curious as to which chargers work best for this application. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 28,847 #2 Posted October 3, 2020 I used one for years from harbor freight... it was one square foot... 1.5 amp if I recall correctly. Worked great on my boat battery at the dock... sorry don’t remember the name, but I think they still sell them... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,212 #3 Posted October 3, 2020 I use a Standart house panel ( they can here grabbed mostly cheap if anybody will solaring his roof. I talked to his dealer and he ordered an additional Cell for a very good price. As Charger i use a Votronic charger 350 MPPT and feed with this system a 120AH VRLA Battery for the Shed. All Lights also outside the Pavillion light will be just handled over that System. Even all required Garden Accu tools will be charged via an 600W Inverter that run’s the whole year 24/7 only feed by this Solarsystem and only Solarpowered. In Winter a remove of the Snow from the Panel is required, otherwise the charge is too less under a snow tarp. Before i used this system 10Years on my RV as Main Power system, the only change was the Battery, because the old 210Ah have to be in the RV when i sold it. The Votronic Regulator Have a side charging connector, that is beeing (miss)used to keep Motocycle battery of my KTM or even Tractor batteries in healthy status. Doing that now several years with good results. i set it to outside with a Lighter plug and with a selfmade cord i‘m able to Attach any of my 12V sourced Devices, Scooter, Car, Tractors, whenever it was needed. Works now over 10 years without any Problem. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 44,036 #4 Posted October 3, 2020 (edited) Funny solar battery charger story. I'm working at Napa. Guy comes in and wants to know if we can get him a solar battery charger. He talks to one of the other guys. We had a tool company we dealt with and they sold "Solar" brand battery chargers so sure "we can get you a "Solar" battery charger. A couple of weeks go by and the guy comes in. " Is my battery charger here?" "Yup sure is" Other counter guy puts this "Solar" branded battery charger on the counter. "No! I wanted one that runs off the sun! I was in the office laughing my butt off! Edited October 3, 2020 by squonk 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHNJ701 4,165 #5 Posted October 3, 2020 I had the harbor freight one and used it on car wasn't really impressed with it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites