C5 Battery disconnect
Burning Brakes
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From: Toronto Ontario
Race Director
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Even a disconnected battery will lose some power over extended time. I like my expensive battery to be at peak power at all times. My car frequently hibernates for six months or more, in AZ summer and/or winter.
I use a BATTERY TENDER PLUS which is not a "trickle charger" but a float maintenance charger. It charges the battery to peak power, then goes into a "sleep mode" until it's needed again. It can't over charge the battery.
I also like to have the memory functions maintained, alarm system activated, be able to lock/unlock the doors and trunk, etc.
I use a BATTERY TENDER PLUS which is not a "trickle charger" but a float maintenance charger. It charges the battery to peak power, then goes into a "sleep mode" until it's needed again. It can't over charge the battery.
I also like to have the memory functions maintained, alarm system activated, be able to lock/unlock the doors and trunk, etc.
Melting Slicks
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From: las vegas nv.
Even a disconnected battery will lose some power over extended time. I like my expensive battery to be at peak power at all times. My car frequently hibernates for six months or more, in AZ summer and/or winter.
I use a BATTERY TENDER PLUS which is not a "trickle charger" but a float maintenance charger. It charges the battery to peak power, then goes into a "sleep mode" until it's needed again. It can't over charge the battery.
I also like to have the memory functions maintained, alarm system activated, be able to lock/unlock the doors and trunk, etc.
I use a BATTERY TENDER PLUS which is not a "trickle charger" but a float maintenance charger. It charges the battery to peak power, then goes into a "sleep mode" until it's needed again. It can't over charge the battery.
I also like to have the memory functions maintained, alarm system activated, be able to lock/unlock the doors and trunk, etc.
Tech Contributor
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From: Horncastle Lincolnshire, England
2023 C5 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
I'd say it depends how much you use the car and whether the journeys are short hops when you do use it.
For me it comes out once a week so I wouldn't want to be playing around with the battery leads that often. If it was put away for the Winter I'd disconnect it.
I have a Yellow Top which is more tolerant to discharge than a Red Top. Even so I put it on the trickle charger if its standing idle.
For me it comes out once a week so I wouldn't want to be playing around with the battery leads that often. If it was put away for the Winter I'd disconnect it.
I have a Yellow Top which is more tolerant to discharge than a Red Top. Even so I put it on the trickle charger if its standing idle.
Drifting
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always options
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Burning Brakes
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Drifting
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Never any symptoms
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St. Jude Donor '04
One thing I can think of right off the bat...you'll loose all your learned fuel trims. If your tune is a little off, the car will misbehave a little when you start driving it again. My tune is great, except when idling with the a/c on. The first few weeks of the season, when the defogger's on, the car would stall when coming to a stop. It learns it's way out of it, so I don't bother fixing it.
The only thing you will lose is the time thats set on your radio.
