battery tender hook up ?

[FSTENUF]

Whats wrong with just lifting the rear floor panel and installing the wires to the battery and run it out the back? I think I spent all of 5 min installing and never have to worry about wires or zip ties.

[USWAG RT/10]

Sounds like a good idea. Where do you run the cord out, through the back hatch or window?

Space, could you repost those pick? they are so small, it is hard to see. (Getting old ya know...)

[Stealth]

I extended the Battery Tender wire and ran it through the rear center cut out and permanently attached it to the battery.

Not a big deal to extend the wire.

+1

The connector wire can then tuck inside the lower outside edge of the rear diffuser when driving so it is not visible and stays put.

I use a Black & Decker charge, but most or all products should do the job.

On a related point, anyone know why our cars do not come with Optima Red Top batteries with no acid, etc.? (A Gel Battery)

[Jack B]

For those that extend a cable off the battery, are you inserting an in-line fuse.

[FSTENUF]

Yes, it's all in the harness from c-tec just pull up the floor lid and install. Their is room in the weather strip to pass the cable through. When you are not using it just slip it under the floor panel.

[The_Cave_Man]

My hatch closes no problems not pinching the wire

same here, infact the cord moves around with no pinching at all.

[The_Cave_Man]

For those that extend a cable off the battery, are you inserting an in-line fuse.

yes , built into the cable on the one i use

[WDW MKR]

Does anyone have a close-up showing the connections to power and ground? The adapter I have will not work with side post connections as the rings are too small. Debating cutting off the terminals and replacing with something larger. Not a GEN V, but figured connections are similar and this topic is at least active.

[Jack B]

I used an Add-A-Fuse. They are made by Littel Fuse.

Does anyone have a close-up showing the connections to power and ground? The adapter I have will not work with side post connections as the rings are too small. Debating cutting off the terminals and replacing with something larger. Not a GEN V, but figured connections are similar and this topic is at least active.

[SuperBird4404BBL]

There's a fuse in the battery tender wiring.

[Jack B]

It is an extremely easy way to add a circuit. Secondly, the inline fuse only protects down stream of the fuse, it does not protect from a short to the battery side.

There's a fuse in the battery tender wiring.

[gatorman]

Hi, is it lighter charger for c6 corvette ? and is it ok to use on GEN V viper ? Ben

[Arizona Vipers]

Just get one of the Doug Shelby setups-
http://nebula.wsimg.com/a486579c1df6...&alloworigin=1

You can buy here- http://www.dougshelbyengineering.com/viper.html

[mamba184]

I just bought one from Doug a week ago. Very well made. Not to mention he's a great guy!

[Whiplash]

I have a die hard battery charger/maintainer. The cable end connections are just clamps like on jumper cables. I put them on and had no trouble with the cable coming out from under the trunk... No pinching on the line. Then I thought, why leave it on when I could just hook it up a couple days (at the longest) before I wanted to drive it. So that's what I'll probably do.

[SilverACR]

I have a junior and it works great. Mine is on a G4 quick clipped up to the red post under the hood with the ground just clipped to the closest bolt. The G4 and 5 are not that different and you can run the cord out the grill or side vents.

[Martin]

I have a junior and it works great. Mine is on a G4 quick clipped up to the red post under the hood with the ground just clipped to the closest bolt. The G4 and 5 are not that different and you can run the cord out the grill or side vents.

Same here - and since I always open the hood before driving (just to check to see if anything is amiss), this method works great. When I hooked up to the battery in the back, it was slightly more of a pain in the butt. Had to fumble with the cover, and the cord did look like it was going to mess with either the weather stripping or paint eventually. On the Gen V, it is a bit harder to find a good ground - but once you find the right one, it's a piece of cake to set up.

[Dustless_@live.com]

Hey! Could you please tell me where did you connected the black wire?

[Steve-Indy]

I hook the negative side ("black wire") to the boss on side of the T-stat housing on Gen III, IV, and V Vipers.

[pMak26]

https://driveviper.com/forums/thread...180#post401180

You can hook up your tender to the battery terminal on the fuse block under the hood, and chassis ground the ground (2nd pic below).

Easy hookup. (3rd pic below)

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