re: battery charger/maintainer

[gramps]

I bought a new kirkland battery in December. mfg date 12/12. I was concerned at the time that the old battery would have issues with CCA.
It survived the winter without trouble, the kirkland was not installed and the original panasonic battery, almost 8 years old is still installed.

the kirkland battery is in my garage. Voltage was measured at 12.95 and has not been charged since it left the factory (6 or 7 months)
I bought a battery maintainer at crappy tire, and wanted to know if i need to charge this battery yesturday.
i read that 12v batteries have 6 cells@2.1 V = 12.6V minimum, but there is alot of misunderstanding about lead acid batteries.
thoughts appreciated.
-g

[gramps]

bump!

[SonicBoy]

If you bought a battery maintainer they why not use it?

I don't see any urgency to charge the unit if it has sat this long and you are not about to use it.

I would say charge the battery and leave the maintainer on it if you plan to sue the battery sometime soon.

Remember that when charging to keep the area well ventilated as gasses are produced and you don't want that inside your house say in the basement.

[gramps]

If you bought a battery maintainer they why not use it?

I don't see any urgency to charge the unit if it has sat this long and you are not about to use it.

I would say charge the battery and leave the maintainer on it if you plan to sue the battery sometime soon.

Remember that when charging to keep the area well ventilated as gasses are produced and you don't want that inside your house say in the basement.

I guess your right, i was thinking maybe if i didn't need the charge at all, but i guess at some point it needs to be charged. I just dont want to reduce the life before it is installed
-g

[Harbour Rat]

I had battery maintainers on my last couple of cars and they worked very well. When I lived in Thunder Bay I would just plug the maintainer and block heater in before I went to bed and the car always started in the morning. It was slow to crank on days when it was -35 to -40 C but it always fired up. 5Wxx/0Wxx synthetic oil makes a big difference at those temps too, especially in diesels, which my last car was. Even now I run 0W40 year round.