Re: Battery alert - Winter storage
Does your Walmart Battery Charger, actually say "Battery Tender" on it. The name "Battery Tender" is a brand, and will not "cook" a battery like I think yours did. Many times the wording that manufacturers put on their packaging and in their manuals are very misleading, and usually done on purpose (can't prove that), to make their inexpensive product seem to perform duties that it really isn't capable of. If your Walmart charger says it will keep a battery on a "float" charge as the Battery Tender does, then it is a fault of the charger. Get a new one. If it doesn't say it will, only use it for quick charging a battery, don't use it for storage. Look on eBay or Amazon for the "Battery Tender plus". This will act as a "Charger" and then a "Float Charger", This type will stop down automatically when the battery has reached a full charge. As the charge drops on the battery, the "Tender" kicks in till it needs to shut down again and recycles, on and on. Wet Cell batteries can be kept in full charge like this for years, and years. Most other Battery Chargers will charge the battery, and then apply a continuous "trickle charge" to the battery. Result ... cooked battery. Just my $.02