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TCPORTUGAL
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Oct 22, 2006, 4:42 AM

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Hi everybody! Can anyone help me here? I have a sports car that I only drive at weekends for about 200 miles per weekend. Does anyone know if I might have battery problems with this usage? The car is always in a garage. Will this affect the life of the battery? Should I do anything to the battery during the week?


DanD
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Oct 22, 2006, 6:41 AM

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There are battery chargers/maintainers that can be hard wired too the car. They have a voltage sensor that will monitor the state of charge and turn on and off automatically.
The biggest reason for having it hard wired in is for the ease of use; no opening the hood, connecting cables, just plug it into an extension cord and walk away.
In your case a week isn’t all that long for a battery to sit but you will lengthen the battery’s life by keeping it fully charged between uses.
Here’s one style; I don’t mean to recommend this particular one. It just happens to be the one I found doing a quick google search.
Dan.

http://www2.northerntool.com/...326706_200326706.htm



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Tom Greenleaf
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Oct 22, 2006, 12:45 PM

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I like the battery maintainer that Dan showed. I probably hold the world's record for buying new batteries as I own too many vehicles and really only use one!!

I do ok with vehicles that do get used at least once a week but not with some others.

One is 6V pos ground and I've never seen a maintainer for that one that is automatic.

I've owned that vehicle since 1964 and never got more than two years out of a battery but with a jump would run all day till you shut it off and you are on your own.

Comment: Batteries like to be clean?? Sounds stupid but they drain from one post to the other and you can see this with an ohm meter. Dry dirt doesn't usually cause a problem but if damp or even fully wet it will. Good luck with it, T






 
 
 






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