Gel Cel Batteries and Extreme Cold

[derekf]

Has your optima battery seen extreme cold (left in the car during the winter)?

Gel cell batteries have a hard time with extreme cold and usually don’t last to long after sitting all winter long. That at least has been my experience in the past.

Sparky, I know you're from MI so I've got to ask - what do you define as "extreme cold"?



I doubt it spends much time below 30 here in Texas over the winter. Do I need to bring my optima in once it gets cold out? Or is that only for those folks where "winter" is defined as "those other 10 months that aren't July or August"?

[Sparky]

Well,
A buddy of mine left his battery out in his car all winter, when spring came the battery would not take a charge. It had to be replaced. I have had other people call with the same type of issue. As for temp. I'm not exactly sure how cold the threshold would be. I just know they don't like the cold