How often to recharge a battery, C5

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Mike Nelson - 02 Jan 2006 05:58 GMT

I have a C5 put up for the winter. Any idea what interval the battery needs
a recharge? How long can I go before the security system, clock, etc. runs
the battery dangerously low?

Mike

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'Key - 02 Jan 2006 06:15 GMT

>I have a C5 put up for the winter. Any idea what interval
>the battery needs a recharge? How long can I go before the
>security system, clock, etc. runs the battery dangerously
>low?
>
> Mike

put a battery tender on it and forget about it..
http://www.batterytender.com/

my2¢

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Bob G. - 02 Jan 2006 11:59 GMT

>>I have a C5 put up for the winter. Any idea what interval
>>the battery needs a recharge? How long can I go before the
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>my2¢

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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.

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Mike Nelson - 05 Jan 2006 03:35 GMT

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

>>>I have a C5 put up for the winter. Any idea what interval
>>>the battery needs a recharge? How long can I go before the
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> Bob G.

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Dad - 05 Jan 2006 04:03 GMT

>A battery is not practical as the car is stored where there is no
>power
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> 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.

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'Key - 05 Jan 2006 19:13 GMT

>A battery is not practical as the car is stored where there
>is no power
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> Mike

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.
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g'day

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