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Well its that time of year. Its getting cold, roads are icy and the days are short. Ole' Silver has gone into winter hibernation.
Yeah, it was a sad afternoon as I put her in the garage, covered her and closed the door.
I see some folks plug their trickle charge in and leave them hooked up (not an option at a rented garage) or they take their battery out and trickle charge them in the shop.
But here is my question, If I have to I will take the battery out and back to the house to keep it on a charge, but I would rather just take her out on nice dry days.
So tell me, how long does one need to drive to charge the battery up to full charge?
It seems to me that the length of time to reach full charge would be dependent on how low the battery was. If it were me, I would remove the battery and take it home. No telling how long you may have to go to get weather nice enough to take Ole' Silver out again. If it sits too long, especially in colder weather, the battery can go dead fairly quickly, then when you go to start it, a jump will be needed, then you face all the possible problems of messed up electronics and codes resulting from a run down battery. Ounce of prevention? Did you use an outside source to power the light I see clamped to the wall?
It seems to me that the length of time to reach full charge would be dependent on how low the battery was. If it were me, I would remove the battery and take it home. No telling how long you may have to go to get weather nice enough to take Ole' Silver out again. If it sits too long, especially in colder weather, the battery can go dead fairly quickly, then when you go to start it, a jump will be needed, then you face all the possible problems of messed up electronics and codes resulting from a run down battery. Ounce of prevention? Did you use an outside source to power the light I see clamped to the wall?
Also a dead battery can freeze which can crack the case and cost you a fortune.
If you don't want to take the battery out and take it home I would at least disconnect it so that there is no drain on it while it is sitting. Easy enough to connect it back up when you want to take it for a ride. If you take this approach and drive it occasionally I don't think it would take more than a half hour or so if normal driving to get the charge back up.
When i run mine in the winter with clean dry roads. I like to drive 20 to 30 Highway miles and more if possible and haven't had a problem in the 20 years of ownership. I do try to run it as much as possible and i do not use a tender. It does sit in a cold garage.
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All good advice above. In addition, I hope you have taken some steps to prevent any mice from getting near the car. I use Bounce dryer sheets in the engine compartment and the passenger cabin and have had no problems. Others also use mouse traps around the car. In any case, Check and re-bait the traps and change out the dryer sheets on a periodic basis to ensure their usefulness.
All good advice above. In addition, I hope you have taken some steps to prevent any mice from getting near the car. I use Bounce dryer sheets in the engine compartment and the passenger cabin and have had no problems. Others also use mouse traps around the car. In any case, Check and re-bait the traps and change out the dryer sheets on a periodic basis to ensure their usefulness.
I second the dryer sheets. No mice issues for me last year.
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Also a dead battery can freeze which can crack the case and cost you a fortune.
