Re: Battery alert - Winter storage
180 you are the man. After talking with Schumacher Electric this AM, they confirmed that it was a battery problem. If one of the cells is going south there will be resistance and the charger will attempt to keep the battery charged and this resistance will cause heat which in turn will cause the boil over. As a side note this is the battery that was using excess water. This model charger has a Aborted Charge mode which turns the system off. This happened with mine and saved the car and the battery from some real damage rather then just some clean up.
I guess the lessons learned here is check your float system or better make sure you have one with an automatic shut off or better yet don't put one on a suspect battery.
Someone asked about battery sulfacation. This system also has a Desulfation Mode. If the battery is left discharged for extended period of time, it could become sulfated and not accept a normal charge. Desulfation can take up to 8 hours or the system will shut down to prevent damage if this can not be done safely.
Based on what I learned, I am thankful for all the safety features incorporated into the Schumacher charger/float charger. Battery went south in 3 years. I had not driven this car in over a year. I only started it once in a while. I mostly drive the roadster in the Spring and Summer.