Batteries OUT before the steps IN
Pulled a bone-head move yesterday and pulled the batteries out of our brand new FR3 30DS while the retractable step was in :S I've done this before, but i failed to bring out my 'cheat sheet' from pr...
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NowWhere2 wrote:
I live just north of Philadelphia and it gets pretty cold, weeks of teens and 20's in January February. I put them in the basement on a trickle charger and they stay there until March, been doing this for 5 years
Whatever makes you happy.
BUT....if you have some way to apply a charge every 30 days or so, like running the engine and/or generator for a half hour, then removing the batteries is TOTALLY unnecessary. Note that the engines must be run long enough to come up to fully hot.
A wet cell battery ages more slowly the colder it is.
And they will not freeze (if fully charged) down to about -70 F.
In 99.5% of the cases, removing the batteries in winter is a totally unnecessary hassle.
