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Originally Posted by retepsnikrep
Art was the battery better after the grid charging.
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My battery has behaved normally after not being used for 6 months while in Sweden last winter and after another 2 months of no use while my Insight was being shipped to Sweden. I am concerned that any imbalance that developed during those periods of non-use will eventually cause problems like I had with my first 2 batteries, so I'm using your grid charger to try to minimize any imbalance.
So I am unable to determine whether my battery's condition has been improved by the grid charging. I certainly hope that charging my battery to a higher state of charge than Honda intended is doing more good than harm.
I will be parking my Insight in an unheated carport in about 2 weeks for another 6 months. At least the battery temperature will be considerably lower than it was when my Insight was parked in Honolulu. I have read that self-discharge is slower at lower temperatures, so maybe the resulting imbalance will be less. But when I return, I'll be able to fully charge it using your grid charger before I drive my Insight anywhere, so hopefully that will help in the long run.
