Yeah, life gets in the way sometimes. My first recommendation is to
remove the battery from the K2 - no need to tempt fate. A sealed lead
acid battery, in reasonable health, can probably go up to 6 months at
normal room temps before needing to be recharged. Charge it fully, pull
it out & stick it on a shelf somewhere, and mark your calendar. Mark it
for 4 or 5 months, if you want to be safe. Colder temps reduce the
self-discharge rate, higher temps dramatically shorten it.
Now may be the time to invest in a small PV (photovoltaic; solar) panel
and charge controller. Up to 5 watts, oriented south at a tilt equal to
your latitude, coupled with a charge controller like Don Brown (I think
that's the fellow) offers here, or the Micro M+
(http://www.seslogic.com/microm+.html), or Morningstar's SunGuard
(http://store.solar-electric.com/sg-4.html). I have no connection to
any of these vendors, other than having a Micro M for 6 or 7 years, and
using other models of Morningstars at work.
--
73,
Mike Boice, KW1ND
Karns, TN
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