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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / June 2006long term battery disconnection
I plan to leave my car (cavalier 2001) on the driveway for 6 months. I am thinking of taking the battery out and into the house to hook up to a battery charger. Is it OK to leave the car electronics without power for so long? Thanks, TB > I plan to leave my car (cavalier 2001) on the driveway for 6 months. I > am thinking of taking the battery out and into the house to hook up to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thanks, > TB The electronics will be just fine. I would take out the battery and put it out in the back yard. Putting it on trickle for 6 months will probably destroy it. If it won't charge up 6 months later, then buy a new one. Should be no problem... See the NEW SkyWave this October! www.telstar-electronics.com > I plan to leave my car (cavalier 2001) on the driveway for 6 months. I > am thinking of taking the battery out and into the house to hook up to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thanks, > TB Electronics in the car should be fine. Not a good idea to leave the battery on a charger for 6 months though. Clean the top and terminals thoroughly, top up water, charge once and just store it with terminals covered. Dont leave the battery in your house can be quite dangerous especially if you keep it in a cupboard, they give off hydrogen gas which is obviously flammable and just in case there is some sort of spark. If you do leave the battery for several months, charge it up every 2 or 3 months depending on the battery's present condition it will be fine to use in six months time Wiggy > > I plan to leave my car (cavalier 2001) on the driveway for 6 months. I > > am thinking of taking the battery out and into the house to hook up to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > thoroughly, top up water, charge once and just store it with terminals > covered. Thanks for all the replies.... At first I thought the car's gonna lose its "memory" after power-off for several months... kinda like when the cmos battery for PC bios is dead and it lost some of the settings.... So if that's not gonna happen to the car, I'm good... Thanks, TB > Dont leave the battery in your house can be quite dangerous especially > if you keep it in a cupboard, they give off hydrogen gas which is [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > thoroughly, top up water, charge once and just store it with terminals > > covered. >Thanks for all the replies.... >At first I thought the car's gonna lose its "memory" after power-off >for several months... kinda like when the cmos battery for PC bios is >dead and it lost some of the settings.... You will have to reset the clock and radio stations. Some fuel mixture and possibly other learning in the power control module will be lost. It's highly unlikely you will even notice and it will relearn in no time. Don www.donsautomotive.com >So if that's not gonna happen to the car, I'm good... > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> > thoroughly, top up water, charge once and just store it with terminals >> > covered. > Thanks for all the replies.... > At first I thought the car's gonna lose its "memory" after power-off > for several months... kinda like when the cmos battery for PC bios is > dead and it lost some of the settings.... > So if that's not gonna happen to the car, I'm good... It WILL lose many of its drive cycle settings, however, it will recreate them after a few drive cycles. Its no big deal. Probably done thousands of times every day in the US alone. >I plan to leave my car (cavalier 2001) on the driveway for 6 months. I >am thinking of taking the battery out and into the house to hook up to >a battery charger. Only if it is a relatively sophisticated "intelligent" charger that knows when to shut down. Even a very light duty 2 amp unit without the proper "brain" will overcharge and destroy a battery in 6 months. >Is it OK to leave the car electronics without power for so long? 100% OK! Don www.donsautomotive.com >Thanks, >TB > I plan to leave my car (cavalier 2001) on the driveway for 6 months. I > am thinking of taking the battery out and into the house to hook up to > a battery charger. > Is it OK to leave the car electronics without power for so long? Does your radio have an anti-theft code? If so, disconnecting the battery will erase that and you'll need to re-enter the number.  SignatureTeGGeR® |
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