[urq] Battery charger question

[laraa at sympatico.ca]

Steve,

Sadly, the car doesn't get much exercise these days. Once the girls (3 and
6) will be out of the booster seats, this will change. I still love it, and
she'll get new rear brakes during the holidays. I am trying to install Golf
IV aluminum calipers (brand new with pads for 165$ each) with 4000Q cables
and Passat discs. This should be a bolt-on solution, according to our
mock-up fit.

There should be no parasitic drain since I've installed a cut-off switch
between the seats (it also serve as a gross antitheft, as well as a reminder
of the rally heritage :-) ...). The battery should be isolated from any
drain, except the radio memory (should be minimal). It was never completely
dead before (while I don't know really since I've installed the 2A charger)
but starting the car after a couple weeks resulted often in a boost. I guess
any 12V lead-acid battery loses its charge over time, even on the shelf.

Also, the battery is under the rear seat, and for a tall boy like me, this
is a very good yoga exercise... hence the desire to leave it there and
charge it from the trunk the day before I need the car.

We'll see tomorrow if the 12V 2A little charger has indeed drained it.

More to come !

Louis-Alain

-----Message d'origine-----
De la part de Steve Sears


Louis-Alain,
Unless you're anticipating a "urQ interceptor squadron scramble", I would 
advise removing the battery from the car when it's in the car-coon, and 
keeping it in the garage or house.  By all means keep the charge topped up 
with a trickle charger, and even "exercise" the battery occasionally....but 
don't leave it in the freezing cold fighting parasitic drains with a battery

tender.  Your battery will last longer, and, at worst, all you'll need to do

when you reconnect it is reprogram the clock and your radio.


Cheers!
Steve Sears