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11-11-2011, 03:54 PM
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Question on battery disconnect for storage
Putting my car up for winter this weekend
 + & -, should I disconnect one or the other or both?
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11-11-2011, 04:00 PM
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Just get a battery tender and hock it up. It will keep the battery charged. Disconnecting the battery won't keep it charged.
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11-11-2011, 04:09 PM
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I rent a storage unit for winter storage so I won't be able to keep a trickle charger on it. I'm not concerned with keeping it charged, I'm just not sure if leaving it hooked up for 4-5 mos will drain any significant amount of juice. It won't be started at all. I've heard of people disconnecting the neg & some doing both.
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11-11-2011, 04:27 PM
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There is parasitic drain which will discharge the battery over the course of 4 months. Disconnect the negative.
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11-11-2011, 08:04 PM
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Cool, thanks!
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11-11-2011, 08:07 PM
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Or pull the battery take it home and put it on a tender.
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11-11-2011, 09:29 PM
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Get a trickle charger that way it'll stay up and be ready when you're ready to start back up in spring.
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11-11-2011, 11:37 PM
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I believe the owner's manual says to disconnet the negative if the car will be stored for more than a month.
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11-11-2011, 11:47 PM
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Take the battery out and put on a charger. A discharged battery will freeze. A frozen battery will leak acid and cause damage. Five months is a long time.
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11-12-2011, 12:31 AM
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11-12-2011, 12:41 AM
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Take the battery home!
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11-12-2011, 12:00 PM
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11-12-2011, 12:14 PM
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If and when you take off the negative terminal, then put on a "battery disconnect" device that has a green knob and you turn the knob to disconnect the circuit in the future....when my car sits longer than a month I disconnect it, and for the winter I put on a battery tender type product plugged in...good luck
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11-30-2011, 07:50 PM
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I will be storing in a climate controlled storage 55*...should I just disconnect the neg terminal then?
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