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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nickthehunter wrote:
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.
I've read this before: let it sit without any draw, BUT put a charger on it before using it after it's sat. That would indicate that it has indeed lost enough charge that topping it off is a good idea.
This is one of those things that I'll just never be able to do. But my experience is mostly with motorcycle batteries that sit through the winter, maybe their just too small to hold a charge. But if they aren't maintained, they will be dead in the spring.
