06 Jul 18 15:09, Mark Hofmann wrote to All:

 MH> The early fall season is battery replacement time of the year.

 MH> I have been alternating driving my 2012 Charger and my 2002 Monte
 MH> Carlo - every other week (mixing some days riding the HD when the
 MH> weather permits).

When the battery has to go through temperture changes like the transition
from summer to winter weather, they have a tendency to live a shorter
life. Of course they can be better maintained by using a trickle charger
that has a voltage detector in the circuit to take it to the high limit
and maintain it there and not over charge it. This would work to keep your
Monte and/or the Charger batteries well maintained, while one sits and the
other is used on a daily basis.

My recommendation is such a device, rather than replace a battery that is
only 3 years old. Especially such a great battery as the Sears Diehard.

Before I moved my workbench out of the garage, I maintained two batteries
on one trickle charger as I mentioned above. One of those two was out of
my 2001 Rodeo and came out of a Honda previous to being installed in the
Rodeo. It had to be at least ten years old at the time. The trickle
charger kept it at peak voltage, but when removed, it quickly died to a
level of 9 volts.

Meanwhile the other battery in that 'parallel' connection kept its charge
a lot longer. I intend to return those two batteries to the parallel
circuit and maintain a charge with a solar panel or a wind generator. But
first things first. Meanwhile the verticle mill that we moved from the
shop to my garage (now the shop) has priority...


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