Damaged battery?
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Damaged battery?
This sounds pretty stupid but I did it. On Sunday I was messing with some radio settingswhen with the key in the accessory position when my wife signaled me over fromacross the yard to give her a hand moving a plant. Sure enough I got busy with some yard workand forgot I had left the key in the ignition is the accessory position. So today (Wednesday) I go out to the truckfor the first time in three days and the battery is stone dead. I put it on a 2A charge for a couple of hoursand it started right up. I took a 20minute ride shut it off then restarted it after half an hour and drove 20minutes home. I have it on a trickle chargethat I’ll keep on overnight. There islittle doubt in my mind that I’ve shortened the life of the battery. My question is how much damage did I do? Living in NH -20 deg. starts in the winterare routine. Would you trust thisbattery or should I just replace it?
Thanks!
