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The battery requires acid to be installed before use and then sealed, the instructions are pretty straightforward. The thing is that I live in a 1bd apt. but it has a balcony. I plan to leave it for charging on my trickle charger on the balcony. I wanted to confirm if there are any safety issues with doing this.
I know people routinely charge stuff in a garage and battery off gas while charging but this is going to be outdoors and i'm ensuring that the weather is dry and the temps will be around 59F or so.
Also, I do charge smaller battery (cameras etc.) indoors like most people do but those are smaller batteries, I wasn't quite sure about larger batteries.
I have read in Motorcycle Consumer News that "initializing" a new battery, i.e. charge it after you add acid and before you use it, will add to it's life. I have not done any detailed testing to confirm this, but I do generally "initialize" my M/C and car batteries.
Just make sure that squirrels or similar can't knock the battery over if you do the deed on your balcony. An alternative (if you live alone) might be to do the charging in your bathroom or other exhaust fan equipped area in your place.
I have read in Motorcycle Consumer News that "initializing" a new battery, i.e. charge it after you add acid and before you use it, will add to it's life. I have not done any detailed testing to confirm this, but I do generally "initialize" my M/C and car batteries.
Just make sure that squirrels or similar can't knock the battery over if you do the deed on your balcony. An alternative (if you live alone) might be to do the charging in your bathroom or other exhaust fan equipped area in your place.
Just put a battery tender on it and you can leave it in the bike, a motorcycle battery is nothing to charge. Just put on charger and that’s it whe your ready to rider discount battery tender or charger and go. I had the battery tender on my bike all during the winter.
I’ve replaced many MC batteries in my life.
@easy62, I would've, unfortunately I don't have a power point in my garage - they are detached garages and it's a commercial apartment complex so the garage has no relationship to the electrical meter in my apartment.
@easy62, I would've, unfortunately I don't have a power point in my garage - they are detached garages and it's a commercial apartment complex so the garage has no relationship to the electrical meter in my apartment.
Take the battery out and charge it in your apartment i lived in a townhouse with no garage and could not run an electric cord so took battery out and put battery tender on in the battery and let be in the house till i needed it. They are easy to remove and replace. Don’t worry about fumes it won’t happen.
@easy62, I would've, unfortunately I don't have a power point in my garage - they are detached garages and it's a commercial apartment complex so the garage has no relationship to the electrical meter in my apartment.
Is it enclosed garage? Is there a light bulb?
You can get a screw in adapter to plug in a cord and put the bulb back.
If you are using a battery charger, a 10 amp charger will take 4 to 11 hours to fully charge the battery, a 2 amp charger will take 2-4 days.
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