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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profdant139 wrote:
I will say this: although anecdotes are not evidence, the real-life testimonials from folks who use lots of batteries all the time are pretty persuasive. So, if someone says "we have a fleet of farm vehicles and we never keep the batteries on chargers during the winter," that's an opinion worth taking seriously.
It's persuasive if you're also operating a fleet of similar farm vehicles in a similar climate.
Not all vehicles have the same amount of parasitic loads present in them. Some vehicles will discharge a battery in just a few weeks of inactivity; others can sit idle for many months and still have plenty of juice in the battery.
And, as previously mentioned, any given battery's self-discharge rate varies tremendously (exponentially!) with ambient temperature.
