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Battery Conditionerballbagbagins
@ballbagbagins
Club Retro Rides Member 164
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Hi, I have a car that is going to be off the road for the next few months. I've bought a battery charger & conditioner so when next needed I can refit the battery and it'll start the car fine.
The battery is connected to the charger currently and is now fully charged and in 'float' mode, which is maintenance mode.
Do i leave the battery and charger/conditioner connected until I next need the battery or just connect them both up every so often?
I've read the instructions and it just says, "when battery maintaining is no longer required, switch off mains supply".
Pete
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slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
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Battery Conditionerslater
@slater
Club Retro Rides Member 78
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Well the whole point is that you keep it connected so it can maintain the battery no? otherwise you would just put it on charge every so often. I guess its a bit of a disclaimer type thing.
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I never leave mine on all the time, they can have a habit of catching fire as with anything electrical. I put my spare or unused batteries on charge every 3 weeks or so.
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I've had quite a few cars and motorcycles that don't get used often enough to keep the battery in good condition And for a long time now I've always used a battery conditioning type charger with the bikes I've used optimate (I think that's correct) chargers So when it came to cars I would originally disconnect the battery and leave it like that until I needed it again But one of my cars has the most complicated clock ever and even with the hand book in front of me it would still take me ages to reset it So I started to look into charger options for the cars The only difference is the ampage on the car charger/conditioner are higher than the bike ones so if you have a modern car that's always doing something even when it's off and locked up then you need a charger that can keep up with the drainage I used to have an expensive make  That lasted about 3 years before it wouldn't set anymore But then I found aldi did one and It's only £13 so I bought two of them and there fitted to two of my cars  As for leaving it attached That is the hole point of a conditioner It needs to monitor the battery and it adds a charge when it needs to The bike ones I've had connected for upto 5 years at any one time The car ones Are normally connected for 6 to 12 months without moving them (and that's outside throughout the year) |
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1992 240 Volvo T8
1955 Cadillac
1994 BMW E34 M5 (now sold )
1999 BMW E36 sport touring x2
1967 Hillman imp Californian "rally spec"
1971 VW bay window (work in progress)
1999 Mazda 323F
1987 Jaguar XJ12
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My motorcycle charger/conditioner made the battery on my last bike last 10 years.
I have the ALDI one as well and keep my spare battery for my Boxster attached to it as irregular use for weeks at a time can run down the one in the car.
They are safely left attached, that's whole idea as stated by others.
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Needs a bigger hammer mate.......
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