wife rolled up windows last night....left the car in the "on" position. came out this am, car was dead, zero response w/both fobs. hooked a bat charger and after 1
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wife rolled up windows last night....left the car in the "on" position. came out this am, car was dead, zero response w/both fobs. hooked a bat charger and after 1 hr started fine, pulled into garage. bat won't take a charge at 2 amps or 12 prior to, and following start for 3 hrs now....12.52 V at the terminals....its a 13 w/15k....question could this type of drain "hurt" this battery or did I just get lucky and have a weak bat
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deep cycling a regular acid battery usually takes away about 20-30% of its life from my experience. you should keep it charged until it floats.
if u dont drive the car much during the week, definitely keep it hooked up to a battery tender during the week. |
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You hurt it. Not sure how accurate kenchan's 20-30% is, but it sounds about right.
IIRC, the Z is supposed to turn itself off after a period of no input. If that is so, your battery is probably weak to start with.
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Thread was a real disappointment after reading the title.
Good luck with your battery. Disclaimer: apparently no actual bats were killed in the making of this thread. |
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thanks to all who replied, not sure about pulse charging to deal with sulfides, the battery is out, I'm oscillating between 2 and 10 amps every hr, seems to be taking a charge, the meter is acting a little strange on the charger, its the wife's dd so I'm in agreement with barncobob, I will let it sit for a couple of days and see how it reacts to charging, and if there are any doubts, just replace it.
sorry for the disappointing shortened title, as one can see I post/blog very little, had the car a yr, visiting the site several times a wk, before joining....I could tell you that my wife is a little hottie who made me go in the garage and remove a bat last wk before she would back the z out in her mini skirt that drives me batsh#$ crazy opening the door for a new title...."batsh%^ crazy with a dead bat and battery in the same wk" but then I'm sure you'd all want pics of the bat....... |
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Forget pics of the bat. We want to see the hottie in a mini.
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