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02-01-2019, 05:12 PM
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 Drives: '17- 1ag37 V6 traded, for 1SS 2018! Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: MA
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Tickling the battery, 6gen.
My SS has been setting for 3-4 weeks, lousy weather. (COLD!)
Been thinking, it might be a good thing to do something with keeping the battery up to full charge. We're likely in for another 6 weeks or so of cold winter crap. What do you guys do? I'm not worried that much about the motor, but just concerned to keep the battery up. A discharged one is susceptible to freezing, and ruining the cells. ??? (looked around, saw nothing relating to this here) |
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02-01-2019, 05:18 PM
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Retired from Car mfrs....
Drives: 2LT RS/HR-V Join Date: May 2013
Location: /Fort Lauderdale
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Really? You saw nothing?
Try a search for battery charger, this car eats batteries for breakfast, lots written sbout chargers....and how to hook them up...... Google "camaro6 battery charger" |
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02-01-2019, 08:25 PM
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 Drives: 2019 ZL1 A10 Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Naples, FL
Posts: 100
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Get a good battery tender if you like your battery! It will die quickly. I have 3 all year on certain vehicles I don't drive much,
and the batteries last 5 years or more no problem. |
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02-01-2019, 08:30 PM
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Drives: 2017 Camaro 2SS / 2012 CBR1000RR Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 97
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Deltran. available at Amazon, Autozone etc.
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02-01-2019, 08:33 PM
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Drives: 2019 ZL1 A10 Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Naples, FL
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Deltran is what I have also. Get the 1.25 amp one for $50.00. Don't get the cheap one.
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02-01-2019, 08:56 PM
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Drives: 2017 Camaro 2SS / 2012 CBR1000RR Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 97
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Wire it into the + and - terminals under the hood by the fuse box. Makes for a clean installation. Some good vids / instructions on this website.
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02-01-2019, 09:03 PM
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Drives: 2018 SS 1LE Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Ohio
Posts: 145
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My $20 Battery Tender Jr. works fine. Hooked it to the + and - terminal under the hood. It even charged my battery within 24hrs when my cluster warned the battery was low while upgrading my speakers.
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02-02-2019, 09:47 AM
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Drives: 2018 ZL1 Camaro 6M Red Hot Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Cary, NC
Posts: 1,139
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Any time mine sits in the garage for more than 3 days, I hook up the tender. Cheap insurance to make sure she will start next time you want to drive her.
I saw another post somewhere on this forum where someone suggested sitting for over a week will kill the battery on one of these. Best not to chance it.
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02-02-2019, 12:59 PM
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Drives: '17 2SS convertible'20 Yukon Denali Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Cedar Park, Texas
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Here's what I use. Amazon says it doesn't fit the Camaro but the CTEK site says it does.
https://www.amazon.com/CTEK-40-206-5.../dp/B00CD44RQO Up to 4.3 amps and has a maintenance mode.
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2017 2SS SIM convertible, A8, NPP, MRC, 56R wheels, GM CAI, Diode Dynamics Side Markers, Mamo Throttle Body Delivered: 08/15/2016 #TeamBeckyD  |
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02-02-2019, 01:03 PM
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Retired from Car mfrs....
Drives: 2LT RS/HR-V Join Date: May 2013
Location: /Fort Lauderdale
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02-02-2019, 01:32 PM
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Drives: Chevy Blazer Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Grande Prairie, AB
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I put a weather proof one in mine... Also helps double as a battery warmer in the cold to help starting, lol.
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02-02-2019, 01:33 PM
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STD free
Drives: 2018 Bright Yellow LGX M6 RS NPP Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: SW Florida
Posts: 423
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Mine sat at the dealer in Md. for 18 months and of course it was dead. They replaced it before I picked it up. But they or me didn't think about 4 flat-spotted tires,which I discovered a minute after leaving the dealer when I got on the freeway. Back to the dealer for 4 new 20 in. run-flats and the 1100 mile drive home. If it was cold in south Florida,it would be on a trickle charger. I have a new Deltran that will probably never be opened though.
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02-02-2019, 02:12 PM
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Drives: SS,PaceCar,ZL1,1LE,C7Z51,Z06,17-ZL1 Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Detroit, Mich
Posts: 68,623
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02-02-2019, 02:29 PM
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Drives: '19 2SS M6. Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: CT
Posts: 340
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Read the specs.
Jr model for up to 55 ah batteries. (Smaller batteries like motorcycles, ATVs etc) Bigger plus model up to 79 ah batteries, like the full size one in our cars. The little one will work but the bigger one is better/faster.
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