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01-06-2018, 04:52 PM
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Winter storage
As a reminder, if you haven't done it lately, go put a charger on your batteries. I just checked the brand new battery in my Chevelle and it read ZERO volts. Oh well, it's under warranty. Maybe it will recover.
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01-06-2018, 05:06 PM
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They will take maybe 5-8 total discharges like that before they fail----- usually I dislike battery maintainers but not going into a discussion LUCK!!
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01-06-2018, 06:19 PM
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01-06-2018, 07:30 PM
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A "float charger" is the way to go on a stored battery.
an example: https://www.ruralking.com/auto-batte...SABEgI3MfD_BwE
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01-06-2018, 07:46 PM
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OK, The problem with maintainers I've seen is the battery will come up to voltage and shut off. Then when it drops a bit, it will kick in. After a long period of this,. the battery takes on a surface charge. Then when it is asked to start the equipment, it is dead. A trickle charger will over charge a battery, seen it time and time again. Same thing in a RV with a "trickle" power supply, come spring you find a dry battery that is junk. A maintainer will work ok if only used month to month usage. like my ol vette, I don't use it weekly in summer, maybe once a mo. or less, in that situation a maintainer works ok. (I don't own/use a maintainer) Just my findings over many years.
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01-06-2018, 08:23 PM
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I've had similar issues with maintainers on my sleds and Monte Carlo. Keep them on and I go to use them and the batteries are dead. Stopped using them.
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01-06-2018, 08:34 PM
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Hard to know what the best thing to do is, I guess just keep using your stuff.
Back when I had the time I would always just pull all the batteries in the unused equipment and store them in the warm boiler room on a pine board on the floor. Charge them in the spring when it was time to get going. When I was a kid and bought my first motorcycle, the guys said, “ come winter, put the battery in the cellar with a trickle charger hooked up to the cellar light. That way, every time your mom sends you down to get a can of beans out of the root cellar, the battery will get some charge”. I got a friend that made up a pulse charger recently. Swears he’s gonna rejuvenate all his 15 year old batteries. Lately I been using Battery Tender Jr’s. Sorry, just some random thoughts.. 
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01-06-2018, 09:41 PM
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Yeah I forgot to check two of mine that I wouldn't usually worry about. went to start one, and it was stone dead. it has been down to 8 degrees for a few days. so far haven't gotten either to come back at all. sucks. If I had to replace all my batteries here I'd be north of 1500 in them all at the minimum. might need to get rid of a few things!
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01-07-2018, 07:57 AM
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Honestly i had great luck out of my old battery tender plus. It finally died after 5 years of abuse. I used it to charge my deep cycles mainly and i think thats what killed it (would take 4+ days to charge two batterys) ive had those for 4 years now and still going strong. I also use it to keep the battery topped up in the cub between usage in the winter. I pull the battery out of my s10 and bring it inside on the heat and will throw the maintainer on it for a few days every other week. And rotate with a couple other batterys i have. So far ive lucked out with it. And brought one battery "back" with it for 50 bucks i really cant complain. I need to buy another soon
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