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Re: Keeping Batteries Charged

To: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Subject: Re: Keeping Batteries Charged
From: Phil Ethier <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 22:49:30 -0600
At 8:31 PM -0600 12/3/97, Trevor Boicey wrote:
>Lin, Gary wrote:
>>
>> I had a thought along those lines, this is just a hypothesis.
>>
>> How about getting an automatic shutoff trickle charger and hooking up
>> all the 12v ones in parallel?  Pair up the 6v ones in series like Keith
>> said and then parallel that set with the rest.  Just make sure you don't
>> exceed the capacity of the charger on initial startup.

Just clean the top of each battery, get a full charge on it, and store it
in a cold place.  You should not have to keep charging a healthy batter all
winter.

Phil "ask Pat Vibrandt" Ethier


Phil Ethier <pethier@isd.net>    Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
1970 Lotus 65 Europa S2 "Grace N. Violence"    A Street Prepared
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