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Originally Posted by daca55
......The ideal storage condition would be to have a trickle charger on the battery as these cars will drain a battery if left over a period of time. ......
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To add to this: Make sure such a charger is one of the newer type of 'smart' chargers. One of their functions: They sense when the battery is up to full charge and cut the charge waaaaay down to just a maintenance level. You can leave these hooked up 24/7/365 so that whatever it's hooked to will always be ready to start. They WILL make your battery last longer as well!
A true old-time trickle charger (that applies a constant charge) will actually boil a battery dry over time and kill it.
One of several brands on the market:
Battery Tender - Home of the Battery Tender Jr. - Batterytender.com They're available at many motorcycle shops and via other avenues as well - Amazon, eBay, etc.
Bill
