Battery winter storage
What is the current thinking on engine battery winter storage? We have a new battery and a battery tender under the hood of the Ford V10. Best to disconnect and store or keep he tender monitoring/cha...
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Bordercollie wrote:
I keep the rig connected to 120vac power, have a modern PD9245 converter charger that will not boil out electrolyte of house batteries. I have a Trik-L-Start device installed that keeps the starting battery up. Any charging device will deplete electrolyte levels so it is wise to check and replenish electrolytes with distilled water if/as needed. All wet cell lead-acid batteries self discharge over time so they need smart trickle chargers like Battery Minder to keep them fully charged but not over-charged.
There is one down side to this. I also have a PD converter and Trik-L-Start. If there is an AC power failure (like the power cord gets unplugged) the batteries will no longer be charging and in fact be discharging through all of the parasitic loads. That is why I mounted the battery charger/maintainer independent of the coach wiring. I can leave the house switch OFF and if the AC power fails, there's no parasitic load. You guys have exactly one guess as to what caused me to head down this route.
