Other Battery maintenance during lockdown?

[Kevin]

Noticing that Peter @subyroo got himself a new battery charger I thought I would see what others are doing for battery maintenance e.g. I've got my vehicles hooked up to a solar panel in the back yard.

 

[subyroo]

Hi Kevin,
Did you see that story on James May's Tesla Model S, after he left it parked in his garage?

Tesla Model S

 

[Kevin]

No - just watched it, what a PIA. At least I'll know what advice to give if my daughter's fiancé's Tesla S ever goes flat!

 

[subyroo]

I fully understand why James would have been right royally PO with Tesla.

 

[ateday]

I just use my Forester as normal. It gets driven perhaps 5 times a week on runs of varying distance. So battery no probs.
The van has two batteries so I isolate the house battery and related circuits and have a 10 watt solar panel trickle charge for engine battery.

 

[ateday]

Noticing that Peter @subyroo got himself a new battery charger I thought I would see what others are doing for battery maintenance e.g. I've got my vehicles hooked up to a solar panel in the back yard.

Do you use a regulator to control at 12V?

 

[idw]

I just alternate which car I take to work that one day each week. Saving a poop load of fuel though since I'm in the lucky position of being able to work 90% from home

 

[Ratbag]

No - just watched it, what a PIA. At least I'll know what advice to give if my daughter's fiancé's Tesla S ever goes flat!

Scrap it ... ?

 

[Ben Up North]

I live in Far North Queenlsand. What lockdown?

Cairns should have been the quarantine base for international travellers I reckon. International airport and a long way from pretty much the rest of Australia. Plus the majority of the newer resorts up hear have split systems, they're cheaper to fix and work well, so less room to room transmission.
That or Darwin. Why the Feds keep bringing international travellers into the major cities of Australia is beyond me.

 

[Kevin]

Do you use a regulator to control at 12V?

A CTEK250S DC-DC charger in the Triton and MPPT controller for the Foz. I'm thinking of hooking the Foz directly to the Triton and the CTEK will see it as a 3rd aux battery.

 

[subyroo]

Noticing that Peter @subyroo got himself a new battery charger I thought I would see what others are doing for battery maintenance e.g. I've got my vehicles hooked up to a solar panel in the back yard.

I hooked up the new CTEK this morning Kevin, I used the eyelet cables for a permanent connection to the battery.
Shock - horror, after turning the charger on it only went up to 3 on the scale, which I never expected.
We do >500 kms a week, most are 36 kms ferrying the Grandkids to & from school. Plus we have 2 days of 130 kms each when I go to golf.

I will be curious to see how long it takes to get to fully charged.