Battery Maintainer for Odyssey Battery

I have been reading up on the Odyssey 925T Battery that a lot of you guys are using and I want to install one in my 360. I want to get the most out of my battery so I want to use the right charger to keep it maintained. I am presently wired up with the quick disconnect plug to the junction box behind the seat that mates to a Deltran Battery Tender Plus and would like to keep using this plug if possible. I see that the Battery Tender Brand is not recommended to use for the battery. (It charges on initial charge up to 15 Volts which is outside of the parameters for the Odyssey).

What chargers are you guys using that charge at 14.7 Volts or below as per Odyssey's spec?

Anyone adapt the Odyssey charger to accept the quick disconnect plug that is common to the Battery Tender Brand?

I am looking at the Xenotronix Optimizer SX-150-1 to fulfill my charging requirement.The documentation for this charger says that it has a quick disconnect. Does anyone know if it is compatible with the quick disconnect I have already? (Deltran BT plus)

Thanks, Kevin

 

Thanks Don, I read that someplace that the BT junior reports to you via it's lights that its doing the job but that it technically isnt up to snuff. I am probably over thinking the whole thing but the darn Odyssey folks have really gone out of their way to spec which chargers work and which don't that I am getting uncomfortable selecting from off the list.

The currently approved chargers are on the attached pdf FYI.
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Well I really liked the Xenotronics Model at the end of the list but it is NLA. It came with a quick disconnect and was wall mountable. :-(

..."Hello Kevin,

The SX150-1 is obsolete and we do not offer a replacement.

Regards,

Dave Martell
Sales Manager
Xenotronix

Phone: 419-666-8144 x261
Fax: 419-666-6534"...

It is starting to look like I may have to buy one and modify it to add a QD.

 

Thanks guys for your input. I am looking at the Granite Digital Chargers presently. They have a charging profile that is very similar to the Odyssey spec.

Odyssey Spec Charging Profile is 14.7V on initial and then float charge is 13.6V
The "Save a Battery" aka Granite is 14.8V on initial and then float charge is 13.6V

I am OK with the .1V difference especially when I compare it to the Deltran which puts out up to 15V on initial.

It looks like the recommended chargers by Odyssey are all higher amp output chargers than the ones that are easy to find/buy. (10 or 12 Amps specifically) What I have read about the amps for a charger affects the amount of time it would take for it to do it's job. Please correct me if I am wrong. Over time could this be a heat cycle constraint for the process?

The Granite site has a few choices so I am getting lost in the details...

Skid, which one are you using?

Ref: Last pic is Odyssey charging profile
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Jim, Did you get a wall mount with quick disconnects?

I found a thread about these batteries that led me to believe this would be a great topic for discussion and since I have a need for one there was also a personal interest. I am up to speed on the Odyssey brand chargers and they are not what I am after. They are more of a portable type with a handle and terminate with clamps similar to jumper cables. I am after a wall mounted unit. My car is portable but the charger should be part of my garage infrastructure.

You would think it would be easy to find yes? Well, no because the battery manufacturer doesn't recommend ,at least in print, any that are still being manufactured. The companies that did make the style I am after that are approved by Odyssey have discontinued them.
A few reasons come to mind most of which are interesting pursuits to discuss....to me anyway. (I thought some of you guys were frozen in with nothing to do) LOL

This site was a interesting find on my journey.

BatteryStuff Articles | How to Choose the Correct Battery Charger

 

Thank you for this notion which I had not considered.

 

Follow up: I did purchase the 9999 Granite and it is wall mounted near my car, I have been using it for a few months. It does not seem to get very warm. I really like the display that shows how much it is charging in Amps and Volts.

 

All I have to say to that is...Where was rifledriver when I was hovering over the "buy it now" button? With all my questions and doubts! hmmmmmmm????


Actually that is a very nice endorsement to have! Respect!