Hey everyone

Have an '04 gallardo -- first time buying a car of this caliber. Owned an Acura NSX in the past. Anyways, left the car in the garage over the winter and didn't think about the battery. Tried to take it out for a ride in February when the weather was nice and it wouldn't start due to the battery being "dead."

I called up a local dealer who suggested getting a battery charger. Anyone know what model I should get, and if a charger is the right way to go? The dealer was selling a Lamborghini branded model for $170 but told me it was the same as the CTEK 3300 ($67).

Am I going about this right way?

Thanks a lot!

Battery tender would do the trick. That's what I use on all my cars and bikes!

Do you miss the NSX?

look at the thread about it

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Pascal
owner

The tender the Porsche dealer sells [about $75] is nice as well. It has about 25' of wire and plugs into the 12v accessory socket in the interior.

the most important thing is the program of charge discharge of the battery
so you don't consum the water into the battery!
ok for the inplug 12 v but you have to close the door if not the voltage consum will not
go to the minimum...

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Pascal
owner

Pascal, you feed the wire through the window and then leave the window down 1/2" or so. I suspect the guys at the Porsche factory probably thought of the closed door .

Thanks for all the replies.

I did a search and found the battery thread which talked a little about tenders versus chargers and mentioned the CTEK 3300 and a Sears model.

I am unsure of the difference between a tender and a charger and am also unsure of what I should be using in my situation (where the battery discharged over the winter). It sounds like the tender is used for maintenance but would it work in my situation as well?

You need to charge it first. A tender will essentially sense when the battery looses 10% and then bring it back to 100%. This is what you need. A caution however, unless a battery is about new, it is claimed that if it looses more than 30% it will never get back to 100%.

Go To Sears Get A Batt Maintaner For About Thirt Bucks ,i Have Many Diff Cars And Leave Them On All Year ,they Work Great And A Better Price Then A Tender