Does a disconnected battery still drain?

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I got a question regarding batteries. In winter when I don’t ride my motorcycle, my battery drains bit by bit and if I don’t charge it, it’s dead after a few months.

What happens if I disconnect it and take it out? Does the battery still drain, but less? Does it not drain at all?

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It depends on a lot of factors, like temperature, but there is resistance and chemical reactions occurring in a disconnected battery that causes it to discharge – this is given off as heat (a very small amount of heat over a very long relative time period)

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