Battery's freezing?
Batteries... I know a dead battery (or low on juice) will freeze in cold weather. What about a fully charged battery, with temps not going below 15 degrees? (In-law 300 hundred miles away. ...
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AJBert wrote:
I must have some very uninformed batteries. I have a dual (starting) and deep cycle batteries for my boat, which both sat out the last couple of winters with our coldest temps being -15F. Come spring they both still had a charge and never froze. No, they were not hooked up to a trickle charger over the winter nor did I ever bother to check them.
The TT battery was kept charged and no problem with it either. It also set outside over the winter and I did check the power panel whenever I wandered into the trailer.
my Quote from above
parasitic draws .. inside and outside of the battery... make a Big deal
some people have great Luck with batteries in Cold.. some never do.
some people have great Luck with batteries in Cold.. some never do.
age, the purity of the acid and water.
the amount of sludge under each cell.. YES all used batteries has Some.
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I have replaced MANY batteries for people . that the battery was working fine the day before the cold snap...
retired auto mechanic 43 years.
