Robert, As you well know battery potential goes away with the temperature that said, my recommendations would be: If it is the kind you can service make certain the cells are topped up with distilled water, the cables and terminals are clean and in good condition and finally start it at least two or three times a week. You might also consider putting a moisture displacer in your fuel tank as cold temps can cause condensation to form in the fuel system. These products are very common where it gets cold so just ask your friendly neighborhood parts guy for a recommendation. Better you than me bro... Our high for yesterday was 61 and sunny.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of robert moore Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:35 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] battery maintanance for the winhter It has been in the teens and single digets up here and going to get colder. I have a very strong battery in my pick up. I don't want to take it out because I want to have the pickup available in the event that we need it as a back up in case we can't use the car for what ever reason. How often would you recommend starting it in order to keep the battery charged I am thinking I should run it for about at least 15 to 20 minutes each time I start it would that be long enough. Even when it gets really cold it should start OK. I used it all last winter and never had a problem starting it. and the plugs,wires, cap and roter are all pretty new. Robert To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 142019163) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=142019163&m=76c69e1b176d&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=142019163&m=76c69e1b176d&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=142019163&m=76c69e1b176d&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
