Nearly dead starter battery - what to expect?
I wrote briefly in another topic. 5 years old, left in a warm climate for 8 months with terminals disconnected. Upon return found it completely discharged, Voc=11.86. Multimeter "might" read lower tha...
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Almot wrote:
MNtundraRet - my apologies. I did read your reply, and know that this battery is dying (a matter of when, not if). Buying here anything more complicated than nails is not desirable. If I will buy a new one, it will be for my next winter here, then I will try and preserve it better, though long-term storage still poses a problem.
I think I need a $10 solar charger from Ebay, to keep this or new battery in long storage on my neighbor's solar panel. Have a panel and a $500 charger, but don't want to run all this in trailer in my absence, while neighbor leaves his batts on solar in a shack. 2 solar chargers to 2 different batteries from one array.
I use 2 Coleman 9-watt panels for maintaining my batteries during the winters here in Minnesota. One for the starting battery, and the other for the pair of T-105's. No controllers needed. I have no shore-power.
Mark
