[elky] Re: Battery holding charge while sitting unused
- From: faithcubsmc2691@xxxxxxx
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:04:11 -0500
Hey ... I remember that thread! ;)
Dan ... sounds like some good results. My MCs have never sat that long without
having the battery disconnect (for the winter storage months), so I can't
really compare. Invariably, though, one of the MCs will need a new battery in
the springtime, with the exception, of course, of spring 2009, when the '81 MC
SC's battery didn't go out until August, which precipitated that thread...lol.
The longest my cars have sat in the summer time is 3 weeks. And, they've
started right up with no problems. But, that's only half the time that yours
was sitting....
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx>
To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, Mar 9, 2010 2:02 pm
Subject: [elky] Re: Battery holding charge while sitting unused
My '80 has no radio, maybe that's why there is no draw when it sits?
There was a thread about longest lasting batteries and many said a Delco
battery was long lasting... then someone who worked at a Delco plant said the
old Delco batteries they built "had thick, very thick, plates, which may attest
to their longevity":
http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showpost.php?post/1824057/
But (always a but) "For some reason, we were told "internal politics" the plant
was closedafter twenty years of making monies and having a reputation
ofhigh-quality. I was then transferred to a Delco-Remy battery plant,which
later closed after the auto industry went ka-pooty. I can safelysay that IF you
are looking for one of those older, original type"Delco" batteries, you are
out-of-luck in today's world"
I think it was possibly two factors: 1. New car parts last longer, since
everything is new (no current draw when turned off, new alternator, etc) and 2.
the quality of the Delco batteries at the time.
Regardless of the brand I will always run a gel cell spiral core battery.
Battery acid sucks.
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Dann Keller <kwhale22@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A while back, about six weeks to be exact, there was a thread about batteries
discharging while the vehicle was not in use. Some of the posters said they
couldn't even go a week without the battery being dischared others went longer.
I volunteered to give the process a real test.
We were gone for a couple of days less than six weeks - Jan. 26 to March 7 to
be exact. The Elky was parked in the garage while we were gone; it wasn't
started or left on a trickle charger. The garage is attached to the house;
only the door and ceiling are uninsulated. The outside temps were only as low
as 30 while we were gone; unlikely the temp in the garage got less than 40
under those circumstance. The house temp was set to hold 50 while we were gone.
The bottom line, ta dah, drum roll, etc., after a couple of jabs at the gas
pedal it cranked for about 5 or 6 seconds and fired right up. I was both
surprised and pleased.
I don't try to explain it or why others discharge while sitting. The only
thing on when it is sitting is the digital clock in the radio.
The battery is a Sears DieHard about 8 1/2 years old with the Elk doing about
25,00 miles during that time. We haven't been getting too many miles on it the
last few years for a variety of reasons.
FWIW, that's the story.
Dan
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