Kinetik drainage/damage????

[nukeitall 10+ year member]

So im not gonna be installing my kinetiks for about 6 weeks and i have them now. How long can they sit before damages cells becomes an issue? I would put a DMM to them But i dont have one right now. Gotta get one this weekend. Any thoughts. I really dont want them getting messed up.

also what can i do to keep them alive and undamaged until I can put them in(six weeks)? BTW putting them in a friends car isnt an option.(noone with a system or that I trust enough).

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[slam 5,000+ posts]

just keep the temp consistent. bout 75

 

[WildSebring 10+ year member]

Don't sit them on bare concrete and about once a week throw a small trickle charge on them...

My kinetik 2000 sit for 6 months before I used it, and it needed a charge but it worked good as new.. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

You will be fine. No maintenance required if they are worth a shit in the first place.

And the myth about setting them on concrete has been proven false on more than once occasion so not even that is necessary.

 

[nukeitall 10+ year member]

Well im sure they are worth a shyt, they are from pioneerpimp. the problem is i dont have a trickle charger. what are my options, should i buy one? are htey expensive can they sirvive the 2 months or so with no maintenence at all?

Maybe go to a auto store and have em charge em soon? And repeat this every few weeks?

 

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

Buy a small charger from Walmart for like $20 and use that every week or two. And like Mokedaddy said, the concrete thing is false. My Kinetiks were sitting on a concrete garage floor for a couple months without ever seeing a charger and I've had no problems with them. After all that time without a charger they were still sitting at 12.4 volts.

 

[Pioneer~Saturn 5,000+ posts]

They have really cheap trickle chargers at Walmart that should work just fine

GAH...^beat me to it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[nukeitall 10+ year member]

ok sounds good ill pick one up tomorrow or the day after!

BTW they are at a constant temp of about 72 degrees in my room boxed up. patiently waiting for my car (which has a gp3000dpro and a mt 15!) No more voltage problems!!!!

 

[Mike465 10+ year member]

My team mate had 8 HC16V's that sat for alomst a year and never droped voltage.