Message text written by "elliottd"
>Take the battery in the house but don't put it on the concrete floor.
Why,
>I don't know. It might be an old wife's tale. Put it on a wooden bench
or
>at least on a wooden 2 by 6 to keep it off the basement floor.
Hi Don, if I'm not mistaken this is your first post on this list. We
welcome your vast knowledge and experience.
Battery technology has changed quite a bit since 1958. It is no longer the
case that one should not place a battery on a concrete floor. New
batteries are housed in polyethelene cases and are immune to ion migration
as were the old, hard rubber cased batteries of days of yore.
>I've also heard that it is wise to leave the trickle charger on for say a
>week, then disconnect it for about 6 weeks.<
This is just my opinion but I wouldn't put a charger on any battery in the
house. I would want better ventilation whilst charging batteries.
However, if I lived in an environment where -40 degree weather is likely, I
would store it in the basement during the cold spell. Also, I think a
better charging regimen would be to buy one of those plug-in timers and run
the trickle charger for 1 hour a day. Or 15 min per day. This will be
automatic and you won't have to think about it. And you won't accientally
leave the charger on too long (something I would be likely to do).
Cheers and season's greatings
Dave Massey
St. Louis, MO USA
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