How often to recharge a battery, C5

put a battery tender on it and forget about it..

=================== I'll add my 2 cents to yours .... simple, cheap, and gosh you never have to remember when you last charged the battery....

I have 6 of the tenders blinking away in my garage ...right now... and the only thing I worry about is not loosing them during the summer...

Bob G.

A battery is not practical as the car is stored where there is no power (I'll fix that next year). In the mean time, I need to drag a long extension out to periodically charge to. So the question is.... how often?

Mike

Sorry Mike, that's an impossible question to answer. It can be influenced by a number of things the least of which is the electrical/electronic health of your C5. Next comes the condition/age of your battery and then how cold it gets where it's stored. The other side of the coin is to remove it and bring it into a warmer environment and keep it charged there. I've had them sit for over a month while I was in Europe without a starting problem when I returned. Not that lucky all of the time though, the Eldorado went dead in 3 days a couple of times. From that kind of experience I'd say somewhere after 3 days and no later than a month. My best guess would be 2 weeks.

My '72 is not driven in the winter and although I have electricity in the storage area I do not run a charger. It just does not lose its charge, rare for a C3. The '65 Mustang and the '50 Chevy coupe have their batteries in the basement, no computer issue there.

I would get a "heavt duty extension", drag it out there and leave it. till I could make it more perminate. but in answer to your question, refer to Dads responce. news:TsSdnf1qwPsVByHenZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@bright.net

g'day