At 7:44 PM -0700 2/10/06, Cameron Rooke wrote:
>Does anyone trickle-charge their batteries over the winter? That is
>what I do with my RV batteries using a small solar panel. My
>understanding is that if you let batteries discharge, they will
>eventually lose their ability to maintain a charge down the road.
>For cheap batteries, this could be over the course of a single
>winter. Happened to me once.
There was a recent discussion of this issue on the Porsche listserve.
The conclusion was that what you really want is a battery tender
which varies output to match need rather than a steady trickle of
power.
Several writers suggested looking at http://www.batterytender.com
John
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John A. Wise
Glendale, AZ
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1960 Triumph TR3A
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1977 Porsche 911S
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