I'm interested if anyone has wired a recepticle into their panel (or
anywhere else) to allow for a quick and easy connection to a battery
minder - those state of the art wonders that top off a gel-cell battery
and then shut off. My battery, in a LNC-2, will be on the aft face of
the firewall, but getting to it to connect a battery minder will be no
easy chore. A recepticle to match the battery minder so I can just plug
it in and forget about it would be wonderful. Has anyone done this? If
so, how did you do it? The connectors on the battery tender I bought
from Aircraft Spruce have some rather odd shaped ends. I suppose I could
cut them off an install more "standard" connectors, but I'm not sure
that is a good idea.  Comments anyone?

Doug,

 

Try this site - the tender comes with a fused battery harness and plug.  It could be switched (plug side of inline fuse) for additional safety.

 

 

My plug comes out in the glove box (the battery is behind the passenger seat).  I can also plug my heated jacket liner (and controller) into it to keep warm on really cold flights!