[850] Best battery practices for infrequent use
-
erikv11
- Posts: 11912
- Joined: 25 Jul 2009, 14:03
- Year and Model: 850, V70, S60R, XC70
- Location: Iowa
- Has thanked: 311 times
- Been thanked: 817 times
My 95's battery is living on this maintainer this winter https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Tender-S ... C90&sr=8-5
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 201k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 223k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 201k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 223k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k
-
P80GLT
- Posts: 397
- Joined: 18 Jan 2023, 09:41
- Year and Model: 850, 1997, GLT
- Location: Scotland
- Has thanked: 154 times
- Been thanked: 176 times
I use a CTEK trickle charger once a week for a few hours to keep the battery topped up. I don't leave it plugged in all the time as I did this with a brand new battery for 2 years and It killed the battery
Last edited by P80GLT on 26 Jan 2023, 01:46, edited 1 time in total.
-
454cid
- Posts: 1279
- Joined: 06 Jan 2022, 19:57
- Year and Model: 1996 850
- Location: United States
- Has thanked: 151 times
- Been thanked: 139 times
I have a pair of little Noco Genius1's that I like. They are trickle charger/maintainers. They are supposed to de-sulfate the battery too. I need to put one of them on my 850.
1996 850
1999 S70 GLT (sold after deer hit)
2010 Ford Focus SE
2006 Cadillac CTS
1996 Mercedes C220
1999 Chevrolet K3500
1969 Buick LeSabre Custom 400
1999 S70 GLT (sold after deer hit)
2010 Ford Focus SE
2006 Cadillac CTS
1996 Mercedes C220
1999 Chevrolet K3500
1969 Buick LeSabre Custom 400
-
Mistericeman
- Posts: 6
- Joined: 21 Jan 2023, 08:39
- Year and Model: 1997 850s
- Location: Manchester UK
- Been thanked: 2 times
On my late father's 850 wagon ....he used to disconnect the earth on the battery between uses (its only done 2000 miles between the mots for the last few years )
It had been parked since 2019 and the battery still had enough charge to light the dash up ...
Needed a lithium jump pack to start ...
BUT for more frequent use I'd fit one the battery isolators .
It had been parked since 2019 and the battery still had enough charge to light the dash up ...
Needed a lithium jump pack to start ...
BUT for more frequent use I'd fit one the battery isolators .
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 4 Replies
- 2494 Views
-
Last post by precopster
-
- 17 Replies
- 1433 Views
-
Last post by vtl
-
- 20 Replies
- 9638 Views
-
Last post by JimBee
-
- 7 Replies
- 3181 Views
-
Last post by Bigbill55
-
- 8 Replies
- 2097 Views
-
Last post by bmdubya1198