Battery keeps dieing someone HELP
Battery keeps dieing someone HELP So I am away at college and my dad called me twice in the last month saying every time he goesto start the car the battery is completely dead. What coudl be causing this? the fogs are turned off the radio is off and I don't have anything plugged into any of the lighters. Any ideas are appreciated as I am freaking out being 2k miles away and not being able to fix it or know whats wrong
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after you're 100% sure the battery is charged and holding a charge, if you've got a car sitting for just a few weeks and its completely drained, you've got a parasitic draw draining the battery.
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I never have a problem with long-term storage, but I have a few friends with badass cars that are soemtimes NOT driven for 3-4 months at a time and they disconnect their battery cables, leave them in the car and just have charges hooked up to them 24/7. They've all been doing that literally for the 20 years I know them and their batteries last as long as they're supposed to last.
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Verdad Gallardo Ya i've heard to do that as well and I did last winter when I was home but since Im away at college I asked my dad to do the storage procedure i usually do and he clearly didnt do everything I askd. All good now though and I know to take care of everything myself.
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I'd be careful about leaving a battery hooked up to a charger 24/7, unless you're doing a VERY VERY low amperage trickle charge. Even then 24/7 isn't nessecary. It'd be a shitty situation to come home to an exploded battery because it was left on the charger too long and got too hot.
I'd be careful about leaving a battery hooked up to a charger 24/7, unless you're doing a VERY VERY low amperage trickle charge. Even then 24/7 isn't nessecary. It'd be a shitty situation to come home to an exploded battery because it was left on the charger too long and got too hot.
Like I said I've never done it. All my cars get used all the time. But a few people I know have nbeen doing that for like 20 years.
