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Old Nov 26, 2012 | 10:09 AM
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Default Re: Powering Down !

Originally Posted by oledoc2u
just make sure you store the battery on a shelf away from concrete, and put a trickle charge on it from time to time. you should be good to go next spring...
You can store batteries on concrete, in the old days when batteries were made out of pitch they used to get run down, but now with PP (polypropylene) battery cases this no longer holds true.

The pitch was not a good electrical insulator, PP is very good.
 

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