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Recommend solar battery tender unit

Texas97

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Reviews for these things are all over the place. anyone have one that they use and recommend that wont crap out in a week? Will need to sit outside on a tractor full time.
 
I have a battery tender brand one, I think the model I linked below. It sits on the roof of my scout to keep the battery charged up so every 6 month when I move it I don’t have to charge the battery. It’s at least a couple years old and still keeps the battery charged.

https://www.batteriesplus.com/produ...MIlprAm_zo6wIVRBh9Ch1HdAXWEAQYAyABEgJ92fD_BwE

I have the next size down keeping the battery on my (sadly neglected) DR650 topped up - working great for ~2 years now.
 
I\'ve \"built\" a couple and they work great. Most of the ready made stuff, didn\'t put out much juice when I was shopping.\n\nAmazon 10W Solar Panel.\nhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...h_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1&tag=91812054244-20\n\nBattery Tender Solar Charge Controller.\nhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Battery...YAAOSwnqteZb1\n\nCut one of these in two, to get a pair of male 12V cigarette plugs, I also removed their LED indicators.\nhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B0792XHX2K/ref=dp_prsubs_1?tag=91812054244-20\n\nAll in I\'m about 1/2 the price of the ready made Battery Tender Solar Charger, and double the watts!\n\n\nI\'ve edited this 3 times now, the formatting keeps going full Tropic Thunder on me.
 
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