Re: [DML] Battery Charger usage question

["jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If there is even a tiny bit of AC leakage into the car's electrical system you can get electalysis and the aluminum will disintegrate. Over a long period of time it very slowly dissolves things, especially if the anti-freeze is old and corrosive. It will act like an electrolyte and the motor will rot. There is also the possibility of a lightning strike and some of it could get into the car. There is also the remote possibility the charger can malfunction and destroy the battery. I prefer not to leave things connected all the time unless I have to.
David Teitelbaum

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Peter Lucas <lucas@...> wrote:
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> On Sep 24, 2012, at 1:54 PM, jtrealtywebspannet <jtrealty@...> wrote:
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> > I do not recommend leaving the charger hooked up constantly, even if it is on a timer, no matter if the battery is in the car or not. 
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> David,
> Why do you make this recommendation?  Do you have a specific reason to distrust the decisions that a modern battery tender will make (I'm pretty sure they are able to dial down the charge to virtually nothing), or is it more of a "belt and suspenders" kind of thing?
> --Pete Lucas
> VIN #06703
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