Thirty years ago the radio and the instruments were probably the only
things drawing power when the car was running during the day. Then add
lighting at night. And setting in the garage doing nothing... the
battery was also likely doing nothing.
Going back to 1999 my Chrysler LHS (which I still own and drive every
day) is electronically always on. When we would go to Florida for the
winter it was left behind until we returned some 3 months later. The
owner's manual stipulates that you must remove a particular 10 amp fuse
if you're not going to drive the car for some 4-6 weeks (I can't
remember the exact number). If you don't follow that advice you will
have a dead battery later on.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/29/2015 9:58 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
I'd say that was quite good. Something in the car battery equation has
changed though. Thirty years ago I routinely got 7-8 years out of a car
battery. These days I'm lucky to get 3-4.
Charlie
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Bummer, I had to replace the bimmer battery, as it bought the farm. Dead as
a doorknob. Not bad for the original battery though. 2004
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