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monkey44
Nomad II
Aug 27, 2014

Battery charge in storage?

We're heading out on a six-weeks trip. We're leaving the "Toad" in the garage. We had an older Pontiac before this new 2014 Buick Encore with all the fancy electronics.

We always just disconnected the battery, and left. Hooked it up again when we returned.

Now, with all this new electronics, what issues will we have if we disconnect battery and hook back up when we return.

Our option is to leave it on "trickle charge", but am uncomfortable leaving it that way, with no one around to check it occasionally ...

Any advice from you tech smart folks -- we'd prefer to just disconnect the battery, but don't want to upset the technology that resides in the Encore ...
  • Dave_H_M's avatar
    Dave_H_M
    Explorer II
    Aug 27, 2014
    I am with the cobra crowd. We park the wife's toyo in the garage and take the key out. It is now five years old and nada a prob last winter for 7 weeks. Now telL me it did not get chilly in the middle of the wither last year in central Il. :W
  • pianotuna's avatar
    pianotuna
    Nomad III
    Aug 28, 2014
    Hi Dave,

    The colder the better so long as the battery doesn't get discharged from parasitic loads.
  • JaxDad's avatar
    JaxDad
    Explorer III
    Aug 28, 2014
    In a pinch a normal battery charger will work just fine, as long as you plug it into a lamp timer. Set it to go on for just one hour per day.

    I've got several that way, been doing it for years, no problem.

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