Winter battery woes ?
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Winter battery woes ?
Ok, I thought I'd ask the one question I didn't ask years ago. If your going to have your corvette winter over as we here in PA and need to deal with the engine idle over the winter, Do you put the float charger on the battery or disconnet the battery all together ? I have a Red Top 75/25 and NOCO Genius-1 AGM Charger / Maintainer.
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Ok, I thought I'd ask the one question I didn't ask years ago. If your going to have your corvette winter over as we here in PA and need to deal with the engine idle over the winter, Do you put the float charger on the battery or disconnet the battery all together ? I have a Red Top 75/25 and NOCO Genius-1 AGM Charger / Maintainer.
I leave every thing hooked up.
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When I had my C5s, I just hooked the battery tender to the terminals on the battery and left it there unless I decided to take the car out for a drive. Once the car was back in the garage, the tender went back on the battery.
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I have the red top as well and like everyone else, I have the pigtail secured to the battery and just plug it in with the cover on the car. Haven't ever had any issues with it.
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My Corvette "winters" in an attached garage, and I'm less than comfortable leaving a charger/tender on the car, 24/7. Since I also use an Optima red top, I bought an Optima charger, and simply hook it up for a couple of hours, or so, every couple of weeks.
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