I will be away from winter through early spring, approximately 4 months. My 2014 Sierra truck will be in my garage. Should I remove the battery completely or just disconnect and tape up the negative terminal. We live in Belleville, Ontario area.
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I would put the battery, with it still connected to the vehicle, on a trickle charger.
This is because you will lose all the computer stored settings, and that may be a problem.
I did this, but for a shorter period of time, with a small (up to 10amps) charger on a time switch. I kept it down to 2 hours a day and it worked fine.
answered Dec 14 '17 at 12:41
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Are you trying to keep your battery from discharging? Are you worried about a parasitic drain? Or are you worried about temperature?
A better choice for long-term storage might be a battery tender. That will keep the battery up to the right level without overcharging.
answered Dec 14 '17 at 12:41
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I will be away from winter through early spring, approximately 4 months. My 2014 Sierra truck will be in my garage. Should I remove the battery completely or just disconnect and tape up the negative terminal. We live in Belleville, Ontario area.
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I would put the battery, with it still connected to the vehicle, on a trickle charger.
This is because you will lose all the computer stored settings, and that may be a problem.
I did this, but for a shorter period of time, with a small (up to 10amps) charger on a time switch. I kept it down to 2 hours a day and it worked fine.
answered Dec 14 '17 at 12:41
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@rpmerf I did say “up to” as the charger is intelligent and decreases its output as the battery is charged.... - Solar Mike Dec 14 '17 at 16:57
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