I am away on business sometimes for periods of upto 6 weeks and have nobody to start my car.
Does anyone have any recommendations for maintaining the battery condition whilst the car is not in use without having to disconnect the battery?
Thanks
Maybe a daft question but I'm happy to ask anyway.... do you need to disconnect the battery as would rather leave the alarm etc enabled, if so can you connect a conditioner with the boot closed so the lights not on, what do other people do?
Am interested in this topic as currently using the car as a daily drive but have plans to shortly just use it when dry and so it may be a few weeks between runs.
Any thoughts appreciated.
cheers,
dave
Thanks Jamie, that's very useful info, had hoped I wouldn't have to disconnect the battery and could shut the boot! To be honest if batteries last 4-6 weeks without a conditioner I may not need one as it will never be that long before I need to take the F type out for a run.... but as the battery gets older, I may do. Our old 2002 MGTF 160 only lasted a couple of weeks and then the battery was flat.
cheers, dave
Hi Daytona,As I understand it the car has a battery management system, which ensure that the starter battery is always the last to go flat in the event of a long period of non activity, therefore if you maintain the main battery in the boot with a charger, the car will realise and draw power from the main battery if required.I left my car charging on it main battery through the winter and after 5 months, I went to the car and it started with no warnings or alarms.If you are concerned it might be worth contacting your dealer and asking for specific advice, but maintaining the main battery works just fine for meCheersJamie