I just bought a brand new Interstate Mega-Tron Plus MTP-24F 1000CA battery from Firestone for $74 out the door (no core charge), and its sitting in my garage right now. The battery looks like it was just made, and the folks at the shop told me that it got there from the truck just last week. The battery its replacing is still installed in my car, so I don't need the new battery right away.
I checked the voltage on the brand new battery and it was 12.5 volts.
I have a trickle charger that applies an extremely weak current (around 100-200mA at 12.9v) and I wanted to know if you guys thought it would be a good or bad idea to let the new battery get trickle charged up overnight before its first used.
Thanks!
I checked the voltage on the brand new battery and it was 12.5 volts.
I have a trickle charger that applies an extremely weak current (around 100-200mA at 12.9v) and I wanted to know if you guys thought it would be a good or bad idea to let the new battery get trickle charged up overnight before its first used.
Thanks!