<VV> Battery Tenders

[Andy Clark]

Not quite, JR. A battery has an internal impedance, that while quite high,
still allows the charge to bleed off over time. So for long-term storage one
does need to either periodically throw a charger on it, or use one of the
better battery tenders to keep the battery at float voltage. This has
nothing to do with the urban legend that batteries will self-discharge if
stored on a concrete floor. The batt will slowly discharge either way. The
concrete floor has absolutely no impact on this phenomenon.

BTW, FWIW, forget the $6.99 Harbor Freight batt tenders. Buy their $15 (or
so) version. It works much better and has LEDs that tells you whether or not
it is charging. The cheaper one just has an LED that comes on whenever the
unit is either connected to the batt, or the unit is plugged in to 115VAC,
or both. Clear?? <G>
Andy Clark
1966 140/4 Monza Sedan
1966 140/4 Yenko Clone
1966 180/4 Cord 8/10 #60
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Dennis & Debbie PLEAU" <ddpleau at msn.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Battery Tenders


> With a stock Corvair, there's not a hell of a lot of electrics
> (electronics?) to worry about.  If the battery is at full charge when the
> car is stored, it will be JF.  If it has a clock, unplug it.  If you want
to
> spend money, put one of those shut off switches on the battery terminal
and
> use it.  If you don't like to spend money, disconnect a bat cable.
>
> The above is opinion only (in case you could not guess0.
>
> Later, JR
>
> CCE and CORSA member
> '61 Rampside Standard 4/110
> '65 Monza Convertible 4/140
> '66 beater Coupe "icemobile" 4/140 (50%)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dennis & Debbie PLEAU" <ddpleau at msn.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:59 PM
> Subject: <VV> Battery Tenders
>
>
> > For those of you who store your Corvairs in the winter, Harbor Freight
has
> > battery tenders (Float Chargers in their terminology) on sale for $6.99.
> > I bought 4 today.  One for the lawn tractor the rest for the Corvairs.
> > When it is below 0, you don't want a discharged battery.