trickling thingamabob?

[boragirl]

k, so once i leave for school my car might not get started for a few months. my uncle just told me that when he left his TT off for a few weeks it wouldn't start when he came back. he says there's some sort of trickling thing you can plug into the cig lighter to keep your battery from dying..... anyone know about this or have a link? thanks =)

[GTISurfer]

Battery Disconnect from Parts4VWs.com (http://www.parts4vws.com/catalog/product_detail.asp?PartNumber=1010218)


If the car is going to be parked outside, there are quite a few people selling the OEM Solar panels that plug into your ciggarette lighter on VWVortex for around $25 shipped.

Vortex FS thread 1 (http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1451546)

Another sellers FS thread - has 100 OEM ones, $12 + shipping (http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1487112)

http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL225/2029366/3930379/49260926.jpg
http://pic8.picturetrail.com/VOL225/2029366/3930379/49260915.jpg

Potter can get the solar panels as well.

[JoeVeeDubber]

The thing you speak of is a solar panel charger. You commonly see these things in dealer cars. I am guessing you can purchase it from the dealer at a premium. I did a search on JC WHITNEY and found this...

http://www.jcwhitney.com/wcsstore/jcwhitney/images/imagecache/I20050.gif;pva74dc2e3e82caa61

Here is the link to the page on the site... http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ProductDisplay/s-10101/storeId-10101/p-5095/c-10101/catalogId-10101

It lists for 39.99, which isn't too bad. Also it looks like it connects to the battery directly and not thru a cigarette lighter plug, but you can buy a plug at radio shack and redo the wiring yourself. They also have more powerful units, but this should be sufficient. I'm thinking of getting one too, since my car isn't driven all that often right now.

Oh I found another one, this one has a ciggy plug!

http://www.jcwhitney.com/wcsstore/jcwhitney/images/imagecache/I19664.gif;pvc0a4fefa182ce54a

It's only 29.99. Here's the link... http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ProductDisplay/c-10101/s-10101/p-218359/mediaCode-ZX/appId-385939

[EDM]

This is what I used to use on my GTI since I didn't drive it all the time. I worked great and never once had a problem with the battery going dead on me.

Schumacher Mity Mite Battery Charger (http://www.performanceproducts.com/ProductPage.aspx?ProductName=Schumacher+Mity+Mite+ Battery+Charger&productid=105553&producttype=10)

http://assets.performanceproducts.com/assets/product/105553/105553_200_1.jpg

[vtecwho]

why spend money on useless crap just un plug the battery and be done with it.

[mike]

just have a friend or family member go start your car once a week and let it run untill its warmed up, if not, buy a trickle charger, porsche calls them "battery maintainers" and dealers sell them for $75, if you want one PM me I can get it cheaper than that

[boragirl]

why spend money on useless crap just un plug the battery and be done with it.

because my step dad/his employees don't want to deal with that every time they have to move it while i'm gone.

thanks for the help guys, joe and i rigged something up :thumbsup: