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Old 07-28-2012, 05:47 PM   #1
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Battery question

When you are storing your TT for a fews weeks to a couple of months should you unhook the battery completely from the TT?

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Old 07-28-2012, 07:22 PM   #2
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Yes. Your propane alarm will run your battery down over time. Best thing you can do is take the battery and keep it on a battery tender. It will last much longer that way.



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Either a battery shut-off or, for winter storage, I pull it. There's lots of "Ghost" draws off your battery, so if your storing it for more than a week or so, I'd either disconnect or remove it.
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I pull mine, put it in the basement and connect it to a battery tender. My lawn tractor & larger tractor stay in an unheated shed with a battery tender and they startjust fine in the spring, so I guess you could just pull the cables, leaved it out side with a tender ( if you have elect near your storage) and you should be fine. Larry
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I pull the 30A fuse to eliminate the parasitic draw and leave if in place.
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