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Thread ID: 149031 2020-05-29 01:58:00 Where does the electricity go? Roscoe (6288) PC World Chat
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1469074 2020-05-30 08:02:00 Why care? A drive charges it up.
it actually doesn't charge the battery up 100% and if they sit undercharged for a long time they tend to degrade.
always a good thing to charge it fully with a battery charger. you can notice how much easier it is to start after its been charged up.
tweak'e (69)
1469075 2020-05-30 09:51:00 it actually doesn't charge the battery up 100% and if they sit undercharged for a long time they tend to degrade.
always a good thing to charge it fully with a battery charger. you can notice how much easier it is to start after its been charged up.

I agree I have 7 step smart charger 5A which is needed with calcium lead acid batteries I plug this on the bus as its sitting in the winter after I have given the bus an engine run.
prefect (6291)
1469076 2020-05-30 22:18:00 it actually doesn't charge the battery up 100% .

Well we've done that for years.....don't find ourselves buying batteries all the time. MY mums last one lasted ages......years and years. The one she has now is less than a year old.
piroska (17583)
1469077 2020-05-31 00:15:00 Why care? A drive charges it up. And if it starts to go flat quickly, often, it's new battery time.
new batteries are fine if you drive once a week....my mum doesn't go out that much, only over lockdown she had that one issue.

There is a constant 35mA drain from the battery in my car when the car is parked and the key out of the ignition switch, so I run a trickle charger on it all the time.
rumpty (2863)
1469078 2020-05-31 06:11:00 Well we've done that for years.....don't find ourselves buying batteries all the time. MY mums last one lasted ages......years and years. The one she has now is less than a year old.

depends on what length trips you do.
most people never drive long enough for a full charge to happen ie hours of driving not minutes.
tweak'e (69)
1469079 2020-05-31 22:16:00 Ideal excuse to go for a scenic drive...:-) piroska (17583)
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