View Poll Results: Battery disconnect during storage?
Disconnect battery?
2
16.67%
Place on trickle charger?
9
75.00%
Leave it as is?
2
16.67%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 12. You may not vote on this poll
Winter storage, battery disconnect or not?
11-09-2018, 05:21 PM
#21
Now an XLT in Colorado
Something like that, if you want some kind of a roof over it. The best place is a building, concrete floor w/moisture barrier and controlled environment. That option isn't always available. Outside, in the environment, you'll need a breathable cover or opt for shrink wrap.
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11-09-2018, 05:31 PM
#22
Slick
Thread Starter
Something like that, if you want some kind of a roof over it. The best place is a building, concrete floor w/moisture barrier and controlled environment. That option isn't always available. Outside, in the environment, you'll need a breathable cover or opt for shrink wrap.
11-09-2018, 07:30 PM
#23
Senior Member
i wish i had the option of a heated garage. I store a miata and harley in garage, no room for truck. Truck was left outside its entire life, a few years ago it developed a leak and OP never addressed it. I got the truck from him and had little time to do anything. I will look into a portable garage or even a pole barn once i get back. Until then, it sits outside, battery disconnected and uncovered, in an area away from winds with a tree cover. I will have OP come by the house once a month and check things out. Thanks for advice, i took it.
6 months isn't that long to keep a battery without cycling unless it's weak or on it's last leg in the first place. In your case I wouldn't recommend a mender, definitely not a trickle charger as both can damage a battery. I'll hold off on the detail for now lol. You must disconnect it though, keep it from freezing and you won't loose much while your gone. If it drops below 12V when you get back, use an average/basic charger set to "auto" (not "manual") and it will have it back up snuff in most likely just a couple hours.
Last edited by Jbrew; 11-09-2018 at 07:35 PM.
11-09-2018, 07:41 PM
#24
Now an XLT in Colorado
No problem. Heated garages is nice, as long as it's vented heat. If it's vent-less heat, like say with a Torpedo, Little Buddy or those LP heaters that hang on the wall, I'm not sure which would rust them faster , that environment or put away wet after a salty drive... it would be close lol. It's legal to heat that way (except in Cali), but pumps out a incredible amount of moisture in confined spaces that arn't insulated all that well.....not ideal.
6 months isn't that long to keep a battery without cycling unless it's weak or on it's last leg in the first place. In your case I wouldn't recommend a mender, definitely not a trickle charger as both can damage a battery. I'll hold off on the detail for now lol. You must disconnect it though, keep it from freezing and you won't loose much while your gone.
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11-09-2018, 08:36 PM
#25
Senior Member
I have a twin tank-top heater I use when I work in my insulated garage. Yep, the windows get pretty foggy after using it awhile. I usually open the garage door for awhile when I'm done to let some dry air back in. My dad never insulated his garage, figuring smaller temp swings might stave off melting, evaporation, and the resultant high humidity to accelerate rust. I wonder if there was any truth to that theory.
I think you meant "tender," but I'm curious as to why/how you think they can damage a battery. A good one (not the $5 Harbor Freight specials) has a float-charge mode that is designed specifically *not* to allow over-charging. I keep my Mustang on one all winter and any time it won't be driven for a couple weeks or more, and have no issues.
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11-09-2018, 08:39 PM
#26
Now an XLT in Colorado
That's why I air it out. Been working for years and years that way.
No, I'm actually interested in why you think a battery tender will harm a battery.
No, I'm actually interested in why you think a battery tender will harm a battery.
Last edited by OhioLariat; 11-09-2018 at 08:42 PM.
11-09-2018, 08:53 PM
#27
Senior Member
Well, that's what have to do, actually the higher you go the better for moisture.
O penning the door or window, that helps with moisture as well, not as good, but anything helps. More so for oxygen intake and steering clear from carbon monoxide. When the O2 get's low and your vent-less, the burn becomes inefficient producing those deadly gases.
O penning the door or window, that helps with moisture as well, not as good, but anything helps. More so for oxygen intake and steering clear from carbon monoxide. When the O2 get's low and your vent-less, the burn becomes inefficient producing those deadly gases.
11-09-2018, 09:05 PM
#28
Senior Member
