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Richie London Omega King Offline A HANDSOME DEVIL OF A MAN!! Posts: 10146 heathrow Gender: Drives: a blinking lovely 2001 2.5 elite auto.	car battery advice 26. Dec 2010 at 14:43 cars off the rd but i have been starting it every few days to keep battery from going flat, havent done it for a week so now flat. should i charge and keep it charged in the car or take it off and put it in house till ready to use car again. should be back on rd by end of jan hopefully
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Re: car battery advice
Reply #1 - 26. Dec 2010 at 14:49

Richie London wrote on 26. Dec 2010 at 14:43:

cars off the rd but i have been starting it every few days to keep battery from going flat, havent done it for a week so now flat. should i charge and keep it charged in the car or take it off and put it in house till ready to use car again. should be back on rd by end of jan hopefully

Letting your car idle for a few minutes after you've started it doesn't even start to put back in your battery what you've just taken out of it by starting it. You need to drive your car for something like 10 miles or so to even come close. That's apart from the condensation & acids etc you're letting build up inside your engine by keep starting it. Either connect an Optimate/CTek type smart charger to your car & leave it till you next need your car, or if you can't leave mains connected to the car, remove the battery & charge in the house/garage/etc Thumbs Up!

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Re: car battery advice
Reply #2 - 26. Dec 2010 at 16:29

Andy B wrote on 26. Dec 2010 at 14:49:

Richie London wrote on 26. Dec 2010 at 14:43:

cars off the rd but i have been starting it every few days to keep battery from going flat, havent done it for a week so now flat. should i charge and keep it charged in the car or take it off and put it in house till ready to use car again. should be back on rd by end of jan hopefully

Letting your car idle for a few minutes after you've started it doesn't even start to put back in your battery what you've just taken out of it by starting it. You need to drive your car for something like 10 miles or so to even come close. That's apart from the condensation & acids etc you're letting build up inside your engine by keep starting it. Either connect an Optimate/CTek type smart charger to your car & leave it till you next need your car, or if you can't leave mains connected to the car, remove the battery & charge in the house/garage/etc Thumbs Up!

What he said...........and I'd remove it, but make sure you have all the codes for radio etc for when you reconnect. I have a car laid up for winter in the garage, but took it out two weeks ago for a 35 mile blast. That should have topped the battery up a bit. I plan getting one of those Ctek chargers or similar, to keep it ticking over.

Mick

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freecall666 Senior Member Offline fun for all, get with the program Posts: 656 looking over your shoulder Gender: Drives: 2.0I polar sea blue	Re: car battery advice Reply #3 - 26. Dec 2010 at 18:43 get your self a trickle charger, and it will keep battery toped up wile not in use. dont get a cheep one of the bay get a proper one.
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Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: car battery advice Reply #4 - 26. Dec 2010 at 21:38 freecall666 wrote on 26. Dec 2010 at 18:43: get your self a trickle charger, and it will keep battery toped up wile not in use. .... That's what CTek/Optimate is
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Ian_D Omega Baron Offline Posts: 2419 York Gender: Drives: Omega 3.0 Elite, Facelift Omega 2.5 GLS, Sold the TD Elite	Re: car battery advice Reply #5 - 26. Dec 2010 at 22:53 If the car is off the road, disconnect the battery leads and put it on charge. Once fully charged, disconnect the charger and just leave it as is. Then when you want to use the car again, connect the leads back up.
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Richie London Omega King Offline A HANDSOME DEVIL OF A MAN!! Posts: 10146 heathrow Gender: Drives: a blinking lovely 2001 2.5 elite auto.	Re: car battery advice Reply #6 - 27. Dec 2010 at 09:48 i bought a trickle charger last year from halfords. ive taken it off so will charge it up when i come back here in the week as the charger is at my flat in heathrow.
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shane1000 Junior Member Offline studied nothing for 35yrs so now an expert on it Posts: 176 derby Gender: Drives: 03 plate 2.2omega cd auto	Re: car battery advice Reply #7 - 29. Dec 2010 at 22:53 for a charge to be put in you have to keep the engine on at least 1500 steady revs - the more revs- the more charge goes in. a good 5mins of this would be enough to keep the battery on form every 3-4days
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Re: car battery advice
Reply #8 - 30. Dec 2010 at 09:41

shane1000 wrote on 29. Dec 2010 at 22:53:

for a charge to be put in you have to keep the engine on at least 1500 steady revs - the more revs- the more charge goes in. a good 5mins of this would be enough to keep the battery on form every 3-4days Thumbs Up!

I'd have to disagree. Plus it will knacker the exhaust, block up the breathers, and turn the oil acidic.

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