Winter storage issues
Thread Starter
Heel & Toe
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 20
Likes: 0
Winter storage issues
I have an '89 coupe. When the salt hits the road, the car cover goes on. I start it about every 2 weeks from November till March. My question is this: My battery seems to drain unusually fast. In the very cold, it will be dead in a week. It is a new battery. I do not have any open circuits that I could find that would be draining it. Seems awfully quick for a battery to go dead. I have a buddy that does the same thing and he can jump in and fire it up after a month of cold storage.
Any comments, suggestions, solutions?
Thanks
Any comments, suggestions, solutions?
Thanks
Safety Car
Joined: Aug 1999
Posts: 4,931
Likes: 3
From: Fort Lauderdale FL
Mine did the same. Get a battery tender and hooked her up. You won't have that problem again. I even do it in the warm months when I leave her parked for a few days. Just hook it up and you are good to go.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,137
Likes: 5
From: Howard PA
Aww man, don't bring up Winter storage, I'm having too much fun right now. 
Yeah, get the tender. These cars are doing a lot of things electrically just parked. Their brains are always working, unlike mine.
Yeah, get the tender. These cars are doing a lot of things electrically just parked. Their brains are always working, unlike mine.
