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Old 07-29-2014, 01:55 PM
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Default Solutions for battery drain when corvette is not driven?

This year im riding the c6 very often..
I know, its a shame.
Next year I'm going to drive it much more


For this year.. I drive the vette once in 2 months.
It is starting after 2 months not using it, but the battery is almost drained.
The vette is in a little garage without any powersupply

What is the best way to make sure the battery isn't dying?
To dismount and mount the battery every month isn't an option because the car must be armed.

thanks!
Old 07-29-2014, 01:58 PM
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Put a cheap photovoltaic system on the roof of the garage and run the wires down to your battery. Shouldn't run you much more then a $100.
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Yes you will need a solar battery tender type system.
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http://www.harborfreight.com/15-watt...ger-68692.html
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Deltran and CTEK are popular...
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Originally Posted by greenbeauty
This year im riding the c6 very often..
I know, its a shame.
Next year I'm going to drive it much more


For this year.. I drive the vette once in 2 months.
It is starting after 2 months not using it, but the battery is almost drained.
The vette is in a little garage without any powersupply

What is the best way to make sure the battery isn't dying?
To dismount and mount the battery every month isn't an option because the car must be armed.

thanks!
Try this site: http://batterytender.com/products/solar.html
Old 07-29-2014, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by greenbeauty
This year im riding the c6 very often..
I know, its a shame.
Next year I'm going to drive it much more


For this year.. I drive the vette once in 2 months.
It is starting after 2 months not using it, but the battery is almost drained.
The vette is in a little garage without any powersupply

What is the best way to make sure the battery isn't dying?
To dismount and mount the battery every month isn't an option because the car must be armed.

thanks!

If as I suspect your area doesn't get enough sunlight in the winter to keep the batt up, try another battery that you can take elsewhere to charge and get a starting battery maintainer for a motorhome which will use one battery to maintain another. Just a thought.
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On my 08' I use a battery tender and replace battery 3 years. No problems.

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