Posted by Desoto61 [138.162.0.42] on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 06:37:26 :
In Reply to: battery storage? need input! posted by John in Utah [166.70.201.2] on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at 17:57:42 :
Battery tenders work well, but get a decent one, the cheap HF ones aren't worth the money savings.
I would recommend checking water levels though if they've sat charged for a long time. One of the cells went bad in my Desoto and it boiled it dry, exploded the battery when I went to start it after sitting for a few months. Espeicially if it's an older battery.
When I had to go out of town for work for a few months I put one on a timer for my daily driver's battery so it only came on for an hour a day or so.
Optima batteries are better about dead drain, Optima recommends not putting them on float unless they will sit for more than a year, which is why I liked them for my antique.
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