ramhunter9
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- P-Star Jeep Wrangler
Well as most of you know I dont run my truck that often and this cold spell is hard on trucks batteries . I havent ran the truck in about 2 weeks and its been in the lower teens for a good time now .
Well went to go out and start her up .... the key fob wouldnt even unlock the doors ...lol Battery totally dead .
So I stuck the charger on it and got her started . But got me thinking CTD's have plugs for the glow plugs right ?? well I made my own plug . I got 15ft of 2 wire and a male and female plug end . Some fish eye wire connectors and got to work .
First I cut 4ft of the wired cord and attached the fish eyes to the end and bolted them to the negative and positive post on the battery . then on the other end I wired up the female plug . Ran it out next to my bar .
Then took the other section hooked it up the the battery charger and installed the male plug end .
Now I can just flip a switch on the charger and have my battery tended to all winter . Its not a tender but a charger so I going to figure out if I can leave it hooked up all the time .
Well went to go out and start her up .... the key fob wouldnt even unlock the doors ...lol Battery totally dead .
So I stuck the charger on it and got her started . But got me thinking CTD's have plugs for the glow plugs right ?? well I made my own plug . I got 15ft of 2 wire and a male and female plug end . Some fish eye wire connectors and got to work .
First I cut 4ft of the wired cord and attached the fish eyes to the end and bolted them to the negative and positive post on the battery . then on the other end I wired up the female plug . Ran it out next to my bar .
Then took the other section hooked it up the the battery charger and installed the male plug end .
Now I can just flip a switch on the charger and have my battery tended to all winter . Its not a tender but a charger so I going to figure out if I can leave it hooked up all the time .