"Jazz_Azz" <shkarst@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Feb 28, 3:05 pm, Jazz_Azz <shka...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Do y'all find that using it only during the cold winter months is
>> adequate, pulling it off during warmer spring/summer/first part of
>> fall months. Or once you begin using it, do you just leave it hooked
>> up year round???
>>
>> TIA
>
> Moving this up back to the top. Someone must have an opinion on
> this?????
I don't use mine anymore since I don't have a garage at the moment, but
when
I did, I religiously hooked up the charger in winter, and only
sporadically
in warmer weather - usually when I was sure I wouldn't be using the car
for
a week or more or when I was getting something out of the trunk anyway and
it was easy to connect it up. Now that the car lives on the road I've
realised how good the Westco battery is: it's only run down completely
once
and required disconnecting, bringing inside, and recharging for two days
or
so until it was fully charged. At that point the car had been standing in
sub-zero (C) temperatures for over two weeks without being driven. Since
then I've gone for up to a week without using the car and it still cranks
ok, though not nearly as vigorously as if I drive it every day. If your
battery is still relatively ok you should be able to go for a week or more
without driving/charging it. If you drive regularly anyway (i.e. every
day)
I doubt you'll need to connect it up every time.
Eric
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