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Originally Posted by Emoto
Any new thoughts on keeping the battery charged over the winter?
I can press one of my old Battery Tenders into duty or pick up one of the CTEK 3300s pretty easily.
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FYI, shortly after posting this in 2018, I picked p a CTEK (56-158) MULTI US 3300 for my 2016 2SS.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FQBWCY
As someone pointed out earlier, CTEK makes the chargers that GM sells for the Camaro, so I tried to get one that appeared to be as close to that as I could. Not sure how well I did on that part, but here we are in 2021 now and my original battery is still going strong. The car sits in a 40° garage all winter, plugged into the CTEK.
BTW, the CTEK comes with a nice pigtail with (what do you call them?) the round hole ends so you can bolt the pigtail to the battery securely. On the other end of the pigtail is a nice connector that only goes on one way, to attach to the lead from the charger body. I find that the rubber gasket around the trunk opening is forgiving enough that I can close the trunk lid over the charger lead for the winter. I have the pigtail coming out the edge of the little carpet door near the battery. When not needed, I just stuff the pigtail back in there. Plenty of room.