Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Feeding Solar charger on Texas Hunter Feeder, how to test?

It's not a "bad" thing to get it out of the elements if you aren't using it. If you take the feeder inside during the winter, put the battery on a trickle charger for the winter. A client in Texas was unplugging his batter for the winter in his feeders and had to replace the batteries every year, while leaving the feeders outside at the pond. I told him to leave the batteries attached and just turn the feed times to "off". This year the batteries worked when he went to use the feeders.

I was replacing the battery in my ATV every few years. Now I have it on a trickle charger and it's been 3 years since I've had to change it.