oops might have damaged my battery
Today was a nice enough day to get at my trailer. I am in the process of charging all of my various batteries for the summer. One of them is my deep cell for one of my trailers. I couldn't remember if...
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Almot wrote:swimmer_spe wrote:
I couldn't remember if I had actually removed it, or even disconnected it from my trailer.
Turns out, I didn't. It was still hooked up to the trailer.
You don't have to disconnect battery from the trailer - only from the trailer loads.
Though it is desirable to remove it to warmer place for winter, if your temps are below freezing.
Less self discharge in temps below freezing compared to a warm place.
My (fully charged and disconnected) 6 year old batteries stay outside below freezing for 6 months each year and they lose about 0.2 volts charge in that time period.
