something i was wondering about cause i have a battery that is'nt being used and it was tested as good at the autoparts store.

so is there some way i can keep that battery in my car as a spare for when the main one goes out ??? or would it die after a certain amount of time or drain???

is there some kind of little mini charger or device you can have hooked to it to keep it alive ??? or any other information on keeping a battery alive that is'nt being used in a car ???

thanks

 

stick it in a freezer....

i know that you can do this with household batteries, and im actually trying to restore some dead cells in my laptop battery right now by cycling it in the fridge freezer

 

I think a better question would be why carry a spare battery around? It usually takes years for a car battery to die out, and even then you can usually start to feel it give out when it's on its last leg and have enough time to swap another one in.

Carrying a spare battery in your trunk would just take up space and add pointless weight to the rear of your car.

 

Kiwi has a point. Not to mention... what if that spare explodes from heat? not saying it would be anything is possible

 

get a battery tender

 

leave it at home, and every now and then put it on a trickle charger, no reason to roll around wit a spare battery

 

$49.95 at Sears. Die Hard Battery Maintainer. Small, easy to use and keeps the battery charged.

 

Don't put a lead acid battery in your freezer.

x2. By the time you get around to needing it, it will probably be starting to go bad as well anyway.

If the spare battery is still good, sell it for a couple of bucks, and save the extra money to buy a new battery when the time comes.

 

i kidd i kidd...... (sigh)

who would actually put a car battery in their freezer.

 

Youd be suprised what people will do when they are told to do so on a forum...(runs to get battery out of freezer)

but seriously folks, people are dumb in general. They read something and think cuz its truth cuz the internet said so.