Re: Advice needed re battery deaths

"T h e J u d g e" <judge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> "Magnate" <no.thanks@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> My 1985 Carrera 3.2 sits in a garage most of the time. I don't 
>> drive her often enough, and in return she's murdering batteries.
>
> I have an '81SC that I too use much too infrequently. I fitted a 
> battery isolator "dis-car-nect" or similar for a few pounds/dollars. 
> The car is kept under a cover in an unheated garage.
>
> My battery is a largish Nissan model (the PO worked in a Nissan 
> dealer).
>
> I've had the car about 6 years and it's still on the same battery - 
> I'm giving it a little charge at the moment but generally the car 
> will sit for a month and then start first time (with a nice cloud of 
> smoke!!!)
>
> I can't think why your batteries are dying - mine seems to be quite 
> happy sitting disconnected for weeks at a time.

I think the problem is that my isolator is incorrectly installed - I 
don't think it's actually isolating the battery at all. That's 
definitely the next thing I'm going to test.

Thanks to everybody for the replies - my garage has no power (not even 
a light bulb) so the cigarette-lighter-charger option is not open to 
me. I'm going to get into the habit of taking the battery home if I 
don't have a definite drive scheduled within a month.

Cheers,

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