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Thread: Battery Storage
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11-19-2008, 08:38 PM #1Junior Member
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Battery Storage
I took the batteries out of my boat for the winter. Should I bring them in my house or will they be ok in an unheated garage (40'-50' f) for six months?
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11-19-2008, 10:23 PM #2Senior Member
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Either way will be fine. If you have a trickle charger, that would be the best. I just picked up one at Walmart for $20. Don't leave the battery on concrete floors, place them on something else. I don't know the reason, but even auto parts store won't leave them on concrete.
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11-20-2008, 12:50 AM #3Senior Member
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Don't worry about the concrete floors either. I always believed that too until I looked into it. It's a piece of advice that dates way back to early batteries and is no longer relevant with current batteries. Here's a link about it:
http://www.ibsa.com/www_2001/content...ce/storing.htmLast edited by lowdrag; 11-20-2008 at 12:54 AM.
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11-20-2008, 11:54 AM #4
Ditto with Lowdrag. A trickle charger is nice and a regular charger on the battery for a couple of days a month works too. You don't want to leave a regular charger in place as it will dry out the cells over time.
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11-20-2008, 12:01 PM #5My Mom said I'm not allowed to get wet!
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11-20-2008, 11:09 PM #6Senior Member
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I'm just here to keep the myth going.
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1999 Malibu Response LX
1987 Marlin Magnum Skier
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11-24-2008, 10:10 PM #7Sled491 Guest
If only
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11-25-2008, 10:07 AM #8