[ausev] Cold weather and lead acid batteries

[Mark Farver]

2008/11/22 Claire Sorenson <csorenson1 at austin.rr.com>:
> I called Blue Sky motors last week. They said that I should run the truck to
> near complete discharge every two weeks.  They said if I do a lot of small
> partial charges that it will cause it to charge less and less.  I have been
> aware of batteries in phones and other small electrical items having to be
> fully discharged so it doesn't create a "charge memory", but I didn't think
> that this applied to lead acid batteries.

Lead Acid batteries do not suffer from a memory effect (the effect is
actually pretty rare in NiCad too).  Full discharge cycles are bad for
Lead batteries, the deeper you discharge them the shorter their
lifespan will be.  Don't take their advice.=

Mark