How to go on long vacation without killing TCH?
#11
Re: How to go on long vacation without killing TCH?
Hi,
I also get good results by using a small 12v float battery charger which does not overcharge the battery. First, I let the traction battery charged to green-bar level and then I connected the float battery charger to the 12v battery. After two and a half months, the traction battery charge level was still at green-bar level and the car started right away. At this rate, I think I can leave the car in the garage for at least three months or more without driving it.
I also get good results by using a small 12v float battery charger which does not overcharge the battery. First, I let the traction battery charged to green-bar level and then I connected the float battery charger to the 12v battery. After two and a half months, the traction battery charge level was still at green-bar level and the car started right away. At this rate, I think I can leave the car in the garage for at least three months or more without driving it.
#13
Re: How to go on long vacation without killing TCH?
Mine has sat for a bit over 3 weeks while I was on vacation and started up just fine. The traction battery SOC didn't change at all from sitting. I think the 12V battery is more likely to run down from sitting than the traction battery.
#15
Re: How to go on long vacation without killing TCH?
I turned the lights to the off setting instead of the normal auto setting I have them on. Went on 2 wk vacation, started right up when I got home. Don't know if it made a difference, but read to do that hear in the forum somewhere.
#16
Re: How to go on long vacation without killing TCH?
I can see now these cars are not all the same...
I got terribly sick last winter and my car sat *outside* here in Minneapolis for 4 months without getting started.. Mind you it was in the -20's F for extended periods..
When I did start it - it fired right up as though I had shut it off the day before. I switched over to the energy monitor on the NAV and it showed almost a full stack of blue-bars..
My car is a 2007 and was one of the last few to have been built in Japan..
I got terribly sick last winter and my car sat *outside* here in Minneapolis for 4 months without getting started.. Mind you it was in the -20's F for extended periods..
When I did start it - it fired right up as though I had shut it off the day before. I switched over to the energy monitor on the NAV and it showed almost a full stack of blue-bars..
My car is a 2007 and was one of the last few to have been built in Japan..
Last edited by Big-Foot; 08-27-2009 at 07:58 AM.
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