02-08-2019, 02:49 PM
Optimate 3 here, and not 24/7 365.
It can be used all the time, but for the last 15 years I have not. Every couple months I will connect up to the battery in bike. Although it appears to work, it is not efficient to use during the bowels of northern winter climate where the battery sits in -15C routinely. Below freezing, the battery isn't going to rot unless it is sick (e.g. corroded cell or two) already.
I have never lost a battery with the Optimate 3 being available.
It can be used all the time, but for the last 15 years I have not. Every couple months I will connect up to the battery in bike. Although it appears to work, it is not efficient to use during the bowels of northern winter climate where the battery sits in -15C routinely. Below freezing, the battery isn't going to rot unless it is sick (e.g. corroded cell or two) already.
I have never lost a battery with the Optimate 3 being available.