Battery tender & storage
I have to store my rv in AZ for 4 months. I won’t be able to check on it, cause I live in AK. I’m wondering about leaving a Battery Tender attached for that long. I have covered storage. I have a batt...
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JaxDad wrote: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.
Coming from a farming family we have lots of equipment with infernal combustion engines that are parked for long periods of time every year.
Neither our (entire) family nor anyone else we know use battery tenders / chargers on them. Batteries generally last so long we can’t remember their age when they’re replaced because they’re getting weak.
Ditto my airplanes, parked for 6+ months of the year, crank right up every spring.
Exactly. I don't know why RVers worry so much about a battery bank being dormant. As long as it is disconnected completely, through a switch or at the posts eliminating any parasitic draws, a battery will retain it's useable charge for a long time, provided it is in good condition & not nearing the end of it's lifespan anyway.
I'll let you all know how mine is tomorrow. The first thing it has to do is operate landing legs, after 5 1/2 months disconnected, no charge.
My first leg of the trip to get truck & trailer, which takes over 24hrs has been delayed. Right about now I should be at 30,000' in the Bermuda Triangle between Bermuda & Miami, but the flight was cancelled. No plane. Lucky the airline has a plan B for us getting to Baltimore later this evening so it is tomorrow before seeing the rig since last October.
Ahhhh, the adventure begins with a bang to plans. Murphy is a travel companion. We shall see what is next.
