Battery tender & storage

profdant139 wrote:
Well, that may be true of some folks -- but Veebyes is a very reliable and credible poster. I happen to disagree with his viewpoint on this issue -- speaking from painful experience, when I was a newbie, I did disconnect a fully charged battery, let it sit for almost four months, came back, it was flat, and it would no longer hold a charge. Sixteen years later, my BatteryMinder Plus is still going strong, and my flooded batteries tend to last about five years before they need replacement.

But just because I disagree with him on one point does not mean that his opinion is without value. He is very experienced and knowledgeable, judging by his many posts over a very long period of time.

My experience is just the opposite of yours. I take my RV battery out every winter and store it in my basement. When I'm ready to go again in the spring 5 or 6 months later, i put the charger on for a day and it's ready to go. My current battery will be 6 years old this spring.