'Ol Bill has a habit of popping my bubble from time to time. I leave the battery in my TM all year (in Central Illinois) and don't disconnect it. I do religiously plug the TM in every month for a few hours and thought I was properly maintaining the battery. So now I am a bit wiser as to the effect of parasitic loads and understand why I had to replace the battery after two years! The TM Forum has paid for itself again. - camp2canoe
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