Battery Storage

Storing it that long, do you plan to start it and pump the brakes every so often??   I do that during the winter to keep the brake seals lubed and blow out any condensation.  Also, it gives me a boost too.  Make sure you have a full gas tank, with StaBil added also.   If you don't plan on starting it, and with no electrical outlet available, you might pull the battery, take it home and put it on a battery tender.   Just some things to think about. 

Mark, I pull mine bring in where its warm (my cellar) set it on a piece of plywood, never on bare concrete.

[QUOTE=ebo]Mark, I pull mine bring in where its warm (my cellar) set it on a piece of plywood, never on bare concrete. [/QUOTE]

Mike and Mark here's a funny one, I take the two out of the vettes, two from the big cruiser boat and two big deep cycles from the fishing boat. Put them in the cellar and if the power ever goes out I should be able to back feed the entire house.

[QUOTE=ebo]Mike and Mark here's a funny one, I take the two out of the vettes, two from the big cruiser boat and two big deep cycles from the fishing boat. Put them in the cellar and if the power ever goes out I should be able to back feed the entire house. [/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=cilrah]Thanks everyone   I didn't think of pulling it and leaving it on my trickle charger where I'm going to be living.  It only takes a few seconds to actually pull it anyways.  I also know not to leave it on a bare floor.  I will be starting the Pacer atleast once a week.  It will be in a storage unit that I can actually see the door from where I park at work. Very convient for a lunch hour pick-me-up [/QUOTE] mkapp78792008-10-26 19:58:13

Well... as for storing a  battery,   a fully charged battery can sit on a shelf(or for that matter a bare concrete floor) for about 5-6 months before self discharging enough to not start a vehicle(roughly 12.0-12.4 volts). At 12.4 volts a battery is considered over half discharged(though it doesnt sound right, half of 12 is 6, but in this case, at 12.4 the battery can barely produce enough ampres to sufficiently turn over a motor).  Best bet to store a battery is to fully charge it, then depending on the tempurature at which you store it, the cooler the better, recharge it every other month, or as a few others suggest, use a tender.  But be warned, even a tender can boil a battery(boil the water out of the battery fluid solution, which is 65%water,35% sulfuric acid). so, with that in mind, you can hook up a tender and forget about it for week or so, unlike a "normal" type charger. We rotate our stock(I work for Interstate Batteries) every 4-5 months.  Also,  concrete floors will not really harm a battery's capacity,  kinda an old wive's tale.  The only conclusive testing i've read within the confines of the Interstate Batteries Systems testing is that concrete can infact make a battery take more time to charge while charging it because of the temperature differential, when charging the battery tends to get warm, the concrete cold, and it kinda acts like a heat sink, slowing down the charging process just a bit, and i do mean just a itty bit... do belive that the concrete issue all started way early with lead acid batteries that were made with hard rubber cases, not the plastic cases of today.