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Old 11-03-2002
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Battery Winter Storage

Somtething else,
Batts that are fully discharged will freeze at about seventeen degrees. Batts that are fully charged won''t freeze until minus seventy-two degrees. And, the plates in your batts get a build up of PBSO4 that can be converted back through equalization. If there is no equalization done this build up gets knocked off the batt plates and piles up on the bottom of the cells.This can cause shorting of the cells and shortens batt life.Moving batts is not good for them.
I used to remove my batts every off season but now keeping the formentioned facts(and the fact that I have seven batts)I leave them right where they are but I keep them fully charged with my turbine.

Dennis
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