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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 09:27 PM
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Hey all. I have a brand new (maybe 20 miles of driving on it.) Duralast replacement battery for my C6. I want to charge the battery in my house on a Brand new CTEK 3300 Charger that pulse maintains the battery. I want to leave it on over the next 6 months for winter. Is this a bad Idea due to whatever gasses are emitted or other issues? Thanks
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leave the battery in your car
this is what the ctek 3300 is made to do is to maintain it during our wonderful winters(wisconsin here)
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I leave my battery on a simple charger that I picked up from the local auto parts store. It has both 2A & 4A charging modes, and 'overcharge' protection. Should that be sufficient to keep my battery healthy between drives? I've noticed that some charging devices seem to specialize in battery maintenance, not necessarily simple charging. I'm just counting on the 'overcharge' protection on my charger to keep my battery healthy.
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In case it matters, my car has a capacitor (audio) installed.
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Originally Posted by c5 BearsFan
leave the battery in your car
this is what the ctek 3300 is made to do is to maintain it during our wonderful winters(wisconsin here)
so leave it in an unheated garage on the CTEK in the winter mode setting vs just doing the same thing in my house? thanks
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Originally Posted by TripleAstyle123
so leave it in an unheated garage on the CTEK in the winter mode setting vs just doing the same thing in my house? thanks

yep
just leave it in there and connect the ctek and wait for spring

been doing it for years here in Wisconsin and its cold here too
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