I have owned 5 different brands of Battery Maintainers and find myself using this Duracell one FIRST over the others. The others only put out 1.5 amps and just don't do a good job. This Duracell unit puts out 2 amps and keeps the battery fresh all winter long. Here's a great TIP for you......if your cigarette lighter works all the time, not just when you turn the key to ON.....then you can just plug this maintainer into your cigarette lighter and it will feed electricity to your battery. So, you don't even have to open your hood. An easy way to find out if your lighter socket is always on......just turn the vehicle off and remove the key.....next, plug in a cell phone charger to see if power is there. If your cellphone charger is working (you will see your phone charging....or hopefully your charger has an indicator light showing that it is on) then you will know that your lighter socket is hard-wired to your battery. What I do is leave the charger on the floor somewhere where I can see the 'charging' light on it. I us a cheap extension cord and leave 4 inches of it hanging out under the passengers door and close the door on it. So, when I get home for the night, I simply plug that short cord to a long cord that is already plugged into the house. BE CAREFUL because you need to make sure to rig the cord in such a way that if you ever (and trust me....it will happen) when you are in a hurry you will jump in the car and leave......and the car cord will unplug itself from the house cord because you totally forgot about it ! ! ! ! ! My battery stays fresh all winter !
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