Over winter battery charging

[gypo]

Call me a soft lad but i wont be using our bus over the winter so i was wondering what would be the best way to charge the batteries over the winter.
Option 1: Should i leave the hook up plugged in and charge them both off the zig chargers and would this be ok to leave on all winter?
Option 2: Should i use trickle chargers?
Cheers
G

[kevtherev]

option two soft lad..

[Mocki]

soft lad!

as above, trickle charge, but you should be running the van on a regular basis if you dont want to be spending half the "new camping season*" repairing the winters deteriorations ........









*camping season is jan to december

[sarran1955]

Hello,

Lidl, in france are doing a good charger, ideal for wintering,

from the 21/10/10,

19.99€

Might be worth looking out for

Cordialement,

[Titus A Duxass]

Hello,

Lidl, in france are doing a good charger, ideal for wintering,

from the 21/10/10,

19.99€

Might be worth looking out for

Cordialement,

You're being ripped off - it's only 17.99 here in the fatherland.

[gypo]

Thanks for the replies, looks like ill have to get me another trickle charger as i only have the one!
will just starting it now and again be good enough or do you mean taking it out for a drive?
cheers
soft lad

[ninja.turtle007]

£12.99 here.

[tensilekid]

Very good value at £12.99 I just got one , it has a 14.7volt function ideal for liesure batteries (they need a higher charge voltage than starter batteries) 3.8 amp untill charged then auto to 0.8amp trickle from then