Re: IML: Battery Storage

["jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

As long as the battery has a full charge, this is true. If it becomes 
discharged below a certain point, it will freeze.
John
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael O. Mann" <mann340s@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 5:29 AM
Subject: RE: IML: Battery Storage


> A battery will release its charge more slowly at colder temps, so if the
> temps are not too low, and the duration of storage not too long, the 
> colder
> storage temp is desirable.
>
> I worked with battery powered mosquito light traps and used many 
> batteries.
> All the batteries were stored in a lab refrigerator (not a freezer) 
> between
> uses.
>
> Think back to the DieHard commercials with the car on the frozen lake in 
> the
> Arctic, or at least somewhere well north of Mississippi.  It "held its
> charge, with the lights on, for xx hours" and then had enough charge to
> start the vehicle.  The battery gives up its charge more slowly as the 
> temp
> drops.  A mixed blessing, but worth remembering.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
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