Dead Battery(s)
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Dead Battery(s)
I am a C5 owner and a good friend of mine has a 2007 Z06 that he rarely (3000 miles) drives and has offered to sell it to me. I am interested but he also confided in me that he is on his third battery!
What's up with that?
What's up with that?
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Ah!
That makes perfect sense. We are in a part of the country that experiences winter, so I even store my C5 for several months. Can the battery on the C6 Z06 be disconnected for storage without causing any problems?
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Just keep it on a Battery Tender when you are not driving it and you will be fine. I use one on every car I own that is stored. The current battery in my 85 Corvette is almost 9 years old and it is as good as the day I put it in. I just drove the car on a 200 mile round trip with no problems.
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Just keep it on a Battery Tender when you are not driving it and you will be fine. I use one on every car I own that is stored. The current battery in my 85 Corvette is almost 9 years old and it is as good as the day I put it in. I just drove the car on a 200 mile round trip with no problems.
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From: Austin, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Houston, Dallas, Hong Kong, Elgin, etc.. Texas
My 2005 is on it's third battery after only 27,000 miles. I started using a small, cheap float charger on this one.
This is a very small unit designed only to maintain a charged battery and not to charge up a dead one. I got mine at Harbor Freight for a few $ but you can find these at a number of retail and on-line shops.
This is what I have:
This is a very small unit designed only to maintain a charged battery and not to charge up a dead one. I got mine at Harbor Freight for a few $ but you can find these at a number of retail and on-line shops.
This is what I have:
Last edited by Mez; Sep 24, 2010 at 08:26 AM.
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Here is the charger that I would use. We make over 100M car batteries a year and I think it is the best.
http://www.xtremechargers.com/
http://www.xtremechargers.com/
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Here is the charger that I would use. We make over 100M car batteries a year and I think it is the best.
http://www.xtremechargers.com/
http://www.xtremechargers.com/
