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Old 07-13-2011, 08:48 PM
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I was on the phone with my dad and mentioned that my normal driving distance doesn't give my battery enough time to charge up. He mentioned a device that connects to the battery and a cord, the cord is then plugged into any regular wall outlet, then it trickle charges the battery. I forgot the name of it, and he's now asleep :|.

Anyone know what they call these?
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Battery tender, or a trickle charger. You can get "on board" ones that stay in the jeep, and you just plug them in.

Are you having a problem with the jeep, how far are you driving
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Battery tender, or a trickle charger. You can get "on board" ones that stay in the jeep, and you just plug them in.

Are you having a problem with the jeep, how far are you driving
Other than my jeep not starting because of a fuel issue that I don't have the money to fix and now a dead battery from trying to start it too many times my jeep is doing fine...

Normally I only drive 4 miles to work and 4 miles home, and that's pretty much it.
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Unless you have some really excessive crank time a four mile drive should be way more than enough. It may shorten battery life to on a few years but should have zero short term problems.
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