Do I NEED To Start It Over The Winter?
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Do I NEED To Start It Over The Winter?
It was my intention to start my 2007 over the winter, today being the first try. I knew my battery was low and put a trickle charger on it when I put it away a month ago. Yes, it is the original battery,
Today, I reconnected the battery cable and went to start it. The lights came on, but not enough juice to crank it over. I put the trickle charger on and will try again tomorrow.
So, the question- Do I need to start it monthly as recommended in the manual? If so I need to buy a new battery now.
If not, I will wait until April when I intend to put it back on the road and then buy a new battery.
thanks,
-jazzman
Today, I reconnected the battery cable and went to start it. The lights came on, but not enough juice to crank it over. I put the trickle charger on and will try again tomorrow.
So, the question- Do I need to start it monthly as recommended in the manual? If so I need to buy a new battery now.
If not, I will wait until April when I intend to put it back on the road and then buy a new battery.
thanks,
-jazzman
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It was my intention to start my 2007 over the winter, today being the first try. I knew my battery was low and put a trickle charger on it when I put it away a month ago. Yes, it is the original battery,
Today, I reconnected the battery cable and went to start it. The lights came on, but not enough juice to crank it over. I put the trickle charger on and will try again tomorrow.
So, the question- Do I need to start it monthly as recommended in the manual? If so I need to buy a new battery now.
If not, I will wait until April when I intend to put it back on the road and then buy a new battery.
thanks,
-jazzman
Today, I reconnected the battery cable and went to start it. The lights came on, but not enough juice to crank it over. I put the trickle charger on and will try again tomorrow.
So, the question- Do I need to start it monthly as recommended in the manual? If so I need to buy a new battery now.
If not, I will wait until April when I intend to put it back on the road and then buy a new battery.
thanks,
-jazzman
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I got it started up this morning, barely
Letting it run 10-15 minutes then will put the Battery Tender back on and sleep it for another month, according to the manual.
If it hadn't started, I would have let it hibernate until April, but it did.
case closed.
-jazzman
Letting it run 10-15 minutes then will put the Battery Tender back on and sleep it for another month, according to the manual.
If it hadn't started, I would have let it hibernate until April, but it did.
case closed.
-jazzman
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i'm willing to bet that you did more damage in those 10-15 mins then you have done since owning that car, but hey it's you car.