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04-18-2008, 02:38 PM | #1 |
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Trickle Charger
Did anyone get the trickle charger add on? I was told that was the BMW version of a block heater.
It gets very cold where I'm from (winterpeg) and I'm not sure how Beamers are in frigid cold. Any advice would be appreciated! |
04-18-2008, 02:51 PM | #2 |
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A trickle charger doesn't really heat anything it just charges ( or keeps charged) the battery. People use them on classic cars and motorcycles that don't get started that often. Kind of pointless unless you have a problem with your battery draining while the car is parked...
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04-18-2008, 05:28 PM | #3 |
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If you're running synthetic oil you'll be able to cold start the car at pretty frigid temperatures. I had an '04 S2000 that I cold-started at -45 and it fired up without issue (was not plugged in).
My current vehicle doesn't even have a block heater and I've cold started it at -25 to -30 without issue (CX-7, conventional oil). As for the trickle charger part of it, if you are parking a car for the winter that has a good battery all you need to do is disconnect the negative battery terminal. A trickle charger isn't really needed... at least, I've never needed one.
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