What if... you don't keep your CB on a tender?

[the Ferret]

R4N it used to be that a battery not on a charger would lose about 1 % per day, so in 30 days it would lose 30% of its charge, in 90 days 90%. I don't know if that is true of these new glass mat tech batts. The problem being with not keeping it on a charger I think, is that batteries dont like the cycle from low charge to full charge, back to low charge etc, and it probably wont last as long as one well maintained and kept near full charge. I do know that once these glass matts go, they go instantly. Start one time, flat dead the next time you go to start it. There doesnt seem to be any warning that your batt is on its way out. They are either good, or shot it seems.

I am not a battery tech just going by what I have been taught and what I have observed from years in the business and personal experience.

Others I am sure, will have a different opinion and life experience.