reckfield
Sep 07, 2013Explorer II
Batteries
What do you do with the batteries in your 5er during winter? I live in Central OR and it can get pretty darn cold here at times. Do you leave them in the 5er and keep electricity to the converter or...
Simplygib wrote:X2, I leave mine on the charger in the rig when not in use. It can get into 20's overnight here in the winter.
From Trojan:
The freezing temperature of the electrolyte in a fully charged battery is -92.0oF. At a 40% state of charge, electrolyte will freeze if the temperature reaches approximately 16.0oF.
http://www.trojanbattery.com/tech-support/faq/maintenance.aspx