10-04-2022, 11:29 AM | #1 |
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Battery Maintainer for winter.
Are you removing your batteries to put on a maintainer for winter? If not, are you leaving the trunk open for ventilation?
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10-04-2022, 11:37 AM | #2 |
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10-04-2022, 12:00 PM | #3 |
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Yes, but the battery being charged is still in the trunk. The maintainer instructions are pretty clear about only charging in a ventilated space.
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24 2SS 1LE, Riptide Blue, A10, PDR. Picked up 11/5/23, 560 miles.
23 ZLE Rapid Blue, M6. 6/27/22 TPW. Off assembly line on July 12th, 2022. To Dealer August 6th. Delivered August 8th. 129 miles. 99 SS Vert, Hugger Orange, A4, 806 miles 94 Z28, Black, M6, 595 miles 92 Z28, last car built at Van Nuys Plant, Red, A4, 125 miles www.last1992camaro.com 69 Z28, Dusk Blue, M4 29 Ford Business Coupe 28 Ford Pickup 24 GMC Denali 2500HD CCSB 4x4 22 Jeep Grand Cherokee 13 Ford F150 Crew Cab 4x4 |
10-04-2022, 12:11 PM | #4 |
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I looked in the trunk and the positive is buried behind the back trim. I saw the engine compartment location and I'm not crazy about leaving a Battery Tender hooked up there. I'm going to grab a quick connector from Ace Hardware and hook it directly to the battery. Then it will be like the C7 Corvette I had. GM provided the connection with the car.
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10-04-2022, 12:18 PM | #5 |
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Mine comes out, but I put my car in my storage unit for the winter which does not have electricity. So I take the battery out and put it in my basement on a tender.
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10-04-2022, 12:25 PM | #6 |
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trunk is ventilated, no need to open it, i have charged my 2018 all year from the front. and its a trickle charger low heat.
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10-04-2022, 12:27 PM | #7 |
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10-04-2022, 02:34 PM | #8 |
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10-04-2022, 02:56 PM | #9 |
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Thanks guys! I won’t worry about the ventilation, since it is vented.
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10-04-2022, 03:41 PM | #10 |
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I learned two things today…battery needs to be vented and it already is from the factory. Good post.
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10-05-2022, 06:54 AM | #11 |
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The direct venting to the outside is the only way they were able to locate the battery in the trunk since there's no way to seal off the trunk from the passenger compartment completely (and it's not really a ventilated area itself).
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10-05-2022, 08:15 AM | #12 | |
Thank you Al Oppenheiser!
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