Batteries - Cars / Atv's / Whatever that you don't use a lot, do you charge them

[burmjohn]

Batteries - Cars / Atv's / Whatever that you don't use a lot, do you charge them with one of those slow / maintenance chargers?

I kick myself now, I have a project car I've been working on.  I bought a brand new battery about 9 months ago, and never thought to hook up a slow charger to it.  More then likely I've ruined a good $90 battery because of that mistake.  I bought this tonight : http://batterytender.com/battery-tender-plus-12v-at-1-25a.html - So, I'll hook it up once it arrives, I got it off amazon for $40.  Hopefully I can revive this battery, if not it will be used on the next one.  Stupid me, I never though of getting one before hand.  And now that I am thinking, I think I might get a solar one for my ATV, and rig it to my shed for year long maintenance and prevent the draining that kills batteries.  Live and Learn I guess...

[fasteddie]

I have a new battery sitting in my garage ( no not on a cement floor ) That I put a trickle charger on ance a month for a few hours so that when I use my winch , it won't be dead .

[WNYBuckHunter]

I have 3 battery tenders from my iold project car and the boat I had. They work great.

[fasteddie]

Harbor Freight has the Trickle Chargers at a reasonable price and every once in a while they have them on sale .