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Have a 2019 6.7 Super duty to tow my 5th wheel. 12000 miles bought it brand new. Basically I will use the truck to tow the trailer 4 to 5 times a year. The rest of the time the truck just sits there unused minus the odd once or twice take it the the lumber store. I was using it for a daily, but now have switched over to driving my car. I am looking for suggestions to keep the batteries from going dead, while it sits there. Its a fully loaded Lariate with a ton of electronics as we all know everything is electronic on this truck. I want to use some sort of battery tender while its sitting there, and maintain the battery's instead of going dead and having to replace them. Battery's are expensive and replacing 2 batteries is not a option. So what would be a good battery tender for this truck? Will I need 2 tenders one for each battery or will one tender work for both? What are you guys using/doing in this situation?
I have a trickle charge Battery Tender on my 2020 F-350. I use the quick connect/disconnect attached to the passenger side battery and it keeps my batteries at 100%.
One tender will typically maintain upwards of 5 batteries at once, well, all of the tenders across multiple brands that I have can do this... Buy whatever floats your boat... err, I mean charge :P
Mine gets driven maybe once every couple of weeks or so. I use a 1.25amp Battery Tender on mine. It stays plugged in 24/7 when it's colder outside. In summer, I plug it in for the day every couple of weeks. There are plenty of maintenance chargers out there. BT is just one of them.
I am partial to the "Noco" brand of chargers and tenders. There are lots of good ones out there. Ctek and "battery tender" brands are good too. One tip for extended storage / maintenance is that you can save some money by using a lower amperage tender, because you aren't in a hurry to recharge a discharged battery, even something as small as half an amp will do fine. I installed a Noco Genius 2d "onboard" charger permanently in the engine bay of my F150. If you aren't doing a permenent install, the quick connect ends are handy. I have quick connects for a battery tender "junior" on my wifes van.
I have a trickle charge Battery Tender on my 2020 F-350. I use the quick connect/disconnect attached to the passenger side battery and it keeps my batteries at 100%.
Bruce
^^^^^^^^^ What he does ^^^^^^^^^^ Been using on mine for three years .
I had a NOCO on my Excursion with the quick disconnect in the grill. Has performed flawlessly. I'm going to do something similar for the 2020 F350 with all of its electronics etc.
I also had a NOCO charger on my '07 F250 KR 6.0 and it worked perfectly. Sold the truck and kept the NOCO. Just not sure where to fit it on the '18 F350 6.7. Doesn't seem to be much room in the engine compt.....and I thought the 6.0 was bad.
I am partial to the "Noco" brand of chargers and tenders. There are lots of good ones out there. Ctek and "battery tender" brands are good too. One tip for extended storage / maintenance is that you can save some money by using a lower amperage tender, because you aren't in a hurry to recharge a discharged battery, even something as small as half an amp will do fine. I installed a Noco Genius 2d "onboard" charger permanently in the engine bay of my F150. If you aren't doing a permenent install, the quick connect ends are handy. I have quick connects for a battery tender "junior" on my wifes van.
Thanks. I just ordered the NOCO Gen52X from Amazon along with the double panel mounted AC socket. Funny part is I had already ordered the single mount to clean up the hanging block heater hook up and it gets delivered today. I use several of the Battery Tenders units on other vehicles and equipment, but I like the clean look of the NOCO Genius Gen5X2. Now one extension cord will take care of both the block heater and keep the batteries at peak. It will be a simple process to disconnect the block heater during warmer months.
I likewise wired a battery tender to two of my 7.3L super duty's after reading a post on this forum in 2018. 2.5 years and going strong. Waterproof shockproof tender mounted behind grill so I can see status lights. Wired to passenger battery with waterproof plug in front plate bracket. spliced to block heater with switch on pillar arm for cutting heater in warm months. One truck is property maintenance and plow 250 the other is a service body on 350 that also runs inverter to charge cordless batteries.
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I have at least 9 BatteryMinder brand trickle chargers to keep all my toys....I mean tools fully charged. I buy mine thru Northern tool when they go on sale for $20-25. I have them on 2 generators, 2 travel trailers, skid steer loader, lawn tractor, and three vehicles including my 2020 F-250 that sits for weeks at a time. I just replaced my Optima Red Top in my skid steer after 9 years on the BatteryMinder charger. I use the D-ring with quick adapters on most of them. I would daisy chain them together but my appliances are spread all over my garage and my workshop. Highly recommended.
I second the Battery Tender Junior. I have one for my Kubota ZT, one for our Z4, one for the wife's TJ, and an extra that used to be for my Triumph before it was sold. They truly are a set it and forget it product. Sure was nice walking out to the shed this past weekend and having the mower fire right up! All of them have the ring connectors on the batteries and then the quick-connect pigtail exposed somewhere convenient for plugging in or unplugging as needed.
