Using a trickle charger - any rules on this?

If you are concerned with 1 amp overcharging the battery then all
one has to do is plug the charger into an automatic timer set for a
few hours a day.

I've done this with NIMH batteries and low amperage dumb chargers.
With this method you can't ruin the batteries and you'll always have a
spare set of fully charged batteries.

 

Again - I fixed the door switch and now the headlights on chime is
very, very noticeable. The key chime also now works too; that was
never there either. They both required the door switch to work and
that wasn't functional until I connected it and reseated it in the
door jamb.

 

I heard that there might be a small parasitic load from an unpowered
charger. Probably doesn't matter if it's recharged each day.

 

Contrary to what many people believe, completely discharging a lead acid

Hard recharges do damage batteries, and long slow charge works
reasonably well on dead ones.
However, heavy discharges do damage batteries. They may survive
several deep discharges with no apparent harm,
but each time a car battery is forced below 10 volts, plate damage
occurs in the form of sulfur dendrites(?)
Some are knocked off or dissolve during normal cycling, but not all,
and this takes up active area on the plates.
HTH
Ben

 

92-95 civics don't have a headlight chime. used to be available from
kmart or walmart or such (i got mine from jc whitney) but you can hook
up any kind of 12 volt chime/buzzer between the "hot when lights are
on" and "hot when ignition is on" terminals on the fuse block.

 

key chime, or headlight chime? key chime, i got (although it's
intermittent, which is worse than none at all). headlight chime, no.

 

good old volvo 240, same deal.

with a manual trans, i just try to always park on a hill. saved me a
few times.