[All] [Generic] Battery

[SFLee]

what is best way to keep it alive ^^

leave it unplug ?

leave it unplug but charge it every month ?

keep it charge all the time ?

[Hybrids]

Attach a trickle charger, ideally a 3 stage charger.
It will monitor the condition of the battery and top up the voltage as required.
You don't have to buy an expensive one, I have seen trickle chargers from £10 upwards, they typically are around 0.6amp, okay for keeping it topped up not really any good if your battery has been allowed to go flat.
Better 3 stage chargers wil charge a flat battery in a reasonable amount of time.

[SFLee]

so keep it charge ? with a charger

or charge it
disconnect reconnet 2 week and charge etc

[Hybrids]

If you have a trickle or 3 stage charger then you can leave it connected all the time.
I use 2 different ones, a std trickle charger and a Ctek XS7000.
The trickle charger does it's job and keeps it topped up, the Ctek is a bit overkill for just conditioning it has other features suitable for AGM batteries and sulphation recovery.

[MattMR2]

Consider one of those solar power trickle chargers off eBay for £12.
I've been using one for a while now as I don't drive my car during the week and it does the job. Best of all it doesn't cost anything to run.

[Grendel]

please remove posted in error.

[FreeFall]

I use an 'OptiMate' charger/conditioner for my bike - works really well and has stopped me having to by a new battery every spring

Oh, moved to electrical by the way

Nick