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legolas
Explorer
Jul 23, 2018

Battery Advice re Storage and Charging

Need advice from those who store thier MH over the winter and what you do about the batteries. I will be storing my MH at a place near my home. I begin storing in October and start camping in May. Assuming that I cannot put a battery minder on the batteries while in storage what options if any do I have. I could of course pick up the MH and bring it home for a couple of days and put the battery minder on it. Are there any other viable options. What do you do.
  • Almot's avatar
    Almot
    Explorer III
    Jul 24, 2018
    DrewE wrote:

    The rate of self-discharge varies a lot based on the temperature of the battery. In very hot weather, it will be well over 30% in six months. In subzero weather, it's a lot less than that amount.

    October through May isn't going to be hot.

    As Time2 suggested, 100W solar with controller would've solved the problem of self-discharge (in any weather).

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