On Mar 5, 11:24 am, "Eric Baber" <e...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Jazz_Azz" <shka...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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
OOPS, being retired and with three vehicles in rotation, it is lucky
to get a run once per week, usually maybe week and 1/2 or two or more
weeks. So maybe since I have it I better keep using it. What made your
Westco get run down???Did you forget to turn something off?
Thanks for responding :-).
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