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GTJIM · 12-01-2008

If you are laying up your GT for the winter it pays to remove the battery and take it into the laundry or warm part of the car shed as batteries hate the cold. Hook it up to a battery tender and check the fluid level from time to time and your battery should be as good as it was when you started the Winter storage.

BTW: A battery 'makes' electricity with a chemical reaction - the colder it is the slower that reaction takes place - thus lowering the output of even a 'good' battery at low temperatures.

12-01-2008	#6 (permalink)
GTJIM Old Opeler Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,686	Winter Lockdown ... If you are laying up your GT for the winter it pays to remove the battery and take it into the laundry or warm part of the car shed as batteries hate the cold. Hook it up to a battery tender and check the fluid level from time to time and your battery should be as good as it was when you started the Winter storage. BTW: A battery 'makes' electricity with a chemical reaction - the colder it is the slower that reaction takes place - thus lowering the output of even a 'good' battery at low temperatures. __________________ GTJim Opel Owner since last Century! Copyright © 2000-2009 J D Henry All Rights Reserved Last edited by GTJIM; 12-01-2008 at 11:08 PM.