In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
harry wrote:
On Thursday, 8 February 2018 11:53:08 UTC, F wrote:
I've SORNed my car as I'm not going to be able to drive it for a couple
of months. No doubt the battery will eventually need a charge but do I
really have to disconnect it as current [pun not intended] advice seems
to indicate? If I do, I will, no doubt, have a whole lot of setting up
to do on the various electronics.

It's many moons since I last charged a car battery and at that time I
just clamped the charger leads on and let it get on with it.

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F

Put the charger on a plug in timer set for say a half/quarter hour per day.

There is zero need to charge it every day. Once a week would be more than
enough. With a charger which either switches off when fully charged, or
goes to a maintenance mode.

Indeed. Car batteries are certainly not 'snowflakes' (if I may be
excused for using a presently-fashionable word), and are designed to
have a hard life. A quick burst from any charger once in a while should
be sufficient to ensure it's OK when you really need it.
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Ian