Has anyone left a battery tender conected to their Fiero for the entire winter? Would be in non heated garage...Thanks

I have had one on my Fiero for months at a time, but living in Florida it doesn't get cold. If the car will be shut down there is no problem with disconnecting the battery.

Dont just use a trickle charger...use one that monitors and peaks the charge. They have cheap ones at HF for $5. I use one on my mower. A trickle charger only does 1 or 2 amps continuously and will burn a battery up in a long stretch.

battery tender work in cold/freezing weather but stable temp is best for battery storage.
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quote Originally posted by FieroGT1986: Has anyone left a battery tender conected to their Fiero for the entire winter?

I do it every year up here in cold snowy Canada... but as others have said, it must be an "automatic" battery charger/tender/maintainer (usually between 1 - 2 amp capacity). Before I used to do this, I used to have to replace my batteries about every 4 years. I have several Fieros that have had the same batteries in them for over 8 years now... the chargers really do work.

I leave the battery in and have a Battery Tender Junior connected for the winter. Works great.
I have one for both Fieros. I pull my motorcycle's battery and bring it in the house and have a tender for it too.



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