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Jul 20, 2015 | 01:37 AM

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I use this little Schumacher charger from eBay. It sits on top of my under-hood fuse box, and when the truck returns to the driveway it gets plugged back into the extension cord that's always laying there.

I have a second one that is connected to my travel trailer's battery when it's not on-the-road.

I'm hoping that they minimize sulfation, and allow my reserve capacities to deplete at the slowest-possible rate.

We'll see........

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Jul 20, 2015 | 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Thomas White

The Units come with a 90* mounting bracket which mounts to the battery tray.

I bought the exact same cord at Lowe's (Actually bought about 20' as I had five to install) and extended it, soldered connections, used weatherproof shrink tubing on each connection and a sleeve over the work.

Takes maybe 20 minutes a unit to complete.

Tom

Thanks for the info. I got the Shumacher and just used an extra, short extension cord to get it down next to the block cord. Mounted the Shumacher to the front side of the left hand battery box that was part of the OEM cold air box.

Jul 20, 2015 | 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SpringerPop

Thanks Springer Pop, I went with the Shumacher SE-1-125 pictured above. My previous post states how I mounted it.

Jul 20, 2015 | 01:36 PM

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Thanks Springer Pop, I went with the Shumacher SE-1-125 pictured above. My previous post states how I mounted it.

I believe the model number is SE-1-12S, but that's minutia.

I'd bet that, internally, they are the same, and just different exterior packaging.

They seem to do exactly the same thing, and I doubt that the company would design two completely-different circuits for them.

But ya' never know..........

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Jul 20, 2015 | 02:24 PM

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So far it's working great! After the first night of charging she starts right up!

Jul 23, 2015 | 11:49 AM

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Great thread... I think I am going to pick up the Shumacher SE-1-125S off Amazon...$25.00... I like the idea of mounting it on the truck and just keeping it plugged in..

Thanks guys!!