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On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 9:45 AM Barrie Robinson via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net=
>
wrote:
> Hello, hello. I thought these new and improved battery chargers did not
> 'over charge' and cuts out when battery is charged. Am I being duped by
> the battery charging people ? My 'automatic' charger has been on all
> winter and will remain so until it is broom broom time.
>
> Cheers
> Barrie
>
> On 3/11/2020 10:13 AM, Richard Lindsay via Mgs wrote:
>
> TOO TRUE!!!
>
> Mine boiled down the electrolyte and EXPLODED we I attempted to start the
> car. I have one partially deaf ear to prove the point!!!
>
> On Mar 11, 2020 3:41 AM, PaulHunt73 via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
> <mgs@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> =EF=BB=BF
> Leaving a battery tender plugged in over winter is not a good idea. It
> can cover up a failing battery and as soon as you leave it somewhere wher=
e
> it's not plugged in the battery can let you down. If it's on all the tim=
e
> you don't know when and how often it is going into charge mode. If you
> only plug it in periodically you can keep an eye on it and see how long i=
t
> is in charge mode before it goes into maintenance mode, and that gives yo=
u
> an idea as to the condition of the battery. About the only good reason f=
or
> leaving one on all the time is when you are away from the property for so=
me
> time and will need the car as soon as you return. But with cut-off
> switches on all my cars I can leave them a couple of months or more and
> they will start just fine.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> Thanks. I don't think it's the battery. The battery is about two years
> old, and it's been plugged into a battery tender over the winter.
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">check the electrolyte=C2=A0level before continuing.</div><=
br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed,=
Mar 11, 2020 at 9:45 AM Barrie Robinson via Mgs <<a href=3D"mailto:mgs@=
autox.team.net">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid r=
gb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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=20
=20
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<font size=3D"-1"><font face=3D"Arial">Hello, hello.=C2=A0=C2=A0 I thou=
ght these
new and improved battery chargers did not 'over charge' and=
cuts
out when battery is charged.=C2=A0 Am I being duped by the battery
charging people ?=C2=A0=C2=A0 My 'automatic' charger has be=
en on all
winter and will remain so until it is broom broom time.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
Barrie<br>
</font></font><br>
<div>On 3/11/2020 10:13 AM, Richard Lindsay
via Mgs wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type=3D"cite">
=20
<div dir=3D"auto">TOO TRUE!!!
<div dir=3D"auto"><br>
</div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Mine boiled down the electrolyte and EXPLODED we
I attempted to start the car. I have one partially deaf ear to
prove the point!!!</div>
</div>
<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mar 11, 2020 3:41 AM, PaulHunt73 via
Mgs <a href=3D"mailto:mgs@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank"><m=
gs@autox.team.net></a> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution">
<blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px sol=
id rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">=EF=BB=BF
<div>
<div><font size=3D"2">Leaving a battery tender plugged in
over winter is not a good idea.=C2=A0 It can cover up a
failing battery and as soon as you leave it somewhere
where it's not plugged in the battery can let you
down.=C2=A0 If it's on all the time you don't kno=
w when and
how often it is going into charge mode.=C2=A0 If you only
plug it in periodically you can keep an eye on it and
see how long it is in charge mode before it goes into
maintenance mode, and that gives you an idea as to the
condition of the battery.=C2=A0 About the only good reaso=
n
for leaving one on all the time is when you are away
from the property for some time and will need the car
as soon as you return.=C2=A0 But with cut-off switches on
all my cars I can leave them a couple of months or
more and they will start just fine.</font></div>
<div>=C2=A0</div>
<div><font size=3D"2">PaulH.</font></div>
<blockquote style=3D"border-left:2px solid rgb(0,0,0);padding=
-left:5px;padding-right:0px;margin-left:5px;margin-right:0px">
<div style=3D"font:10pt arial">----- Original Message
----- </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<p>Thanks.=C2=A0 I don't think it's the battery.=C2=
=A0 The battery
is about two years old, and it's been plugged into a
battery tender over the winter.</p>
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