AFM damage??
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I have purchased one from "Range" and I have an additional question regarding the AFM Disabler.
Is it Okay to install it and leave it or should one remove it when not operating the car? I have
heard that it should be removed (unplugged) when the car is garaged or parked for a period of time?
I do not know why that was recommended by this particular 2015 C7 Z06 owner unless he was thinking
that it might help to drain the car's battery.
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Is it Okay to install it and leave it or should one remove it when not operating the car? I have
heard that it should be removed (unplugged) when the car is garaged or parked for a period of time?
I do not know why that was recommended by this particular 2015 C7 Z06 owner unless he was thinking
that it might help to drain the car's battery.
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I have purchased one from "Range" and I have an additional question regarding the AFM Disabler.
Is it Okay to install it and leave it or should one remove it when not operating the car? I have
heard that it should be removed (unplugged) when the car is garaged or parked for a period of time?
I do not know why that was recommended by this particular 2015 C7 Z06 owner unless he was thinking
that it might help to drain the car's battery.
.
Is it Okay to install it and leave it or should one remove it when not operating the car? I have
heard that it should be removed (unplugged) when the car is garaged or parked for a period of time?
I do not know why that was recommended by this particular 2015 C7 Z06 owner unless he was thinking
that it might help to drain the car's battery.
.
I don’t know how to track which ones qualify, but I suspect a call to them with the serial ID number of your unit will help them advise you if yours qualifies as one with the update
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All I can tell you is people are reporting that range fixed the battery drain issue with the newer ones.
I don’t know how to track which ones qualify, but I suspect a call to them with the serial ID number of your unit will help them advise you if yours qualifies as one with the update
I don’t know how to track which ones qualify, but I suspect a call to them with the serial ID number of your unit will help them advise you if yours qualifies as one with the update
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WELL!!! Since the question that I put forth just above and the comments that followed I decided to telephone "Range" this morning myself. I spoke with a fellow in their Technical department that presented himself well, with knowledge and confidence in his demeanor so I feel that I got a good answer with a soundly reasonable explanation about this device and whether or not it might add to the cars battery-drain problem. In brief, after I explained to him about this conversation on the "Forum", he explained that there must be some misunderstanding out here in "Corvette Land" about the different devices made by "Range" telling me that they had redesigned some of the products they offered to reduce or eliminate battery-drain but that this particular device was NOT one of them. That because the particular port on the Corvette where one inserts the "AFM Disabler" is a "constant-voltage port" they cannot build the device so that there is not some battery-drain involved. He recommended that if I parked the car for longer than 2 days (three at most) it would be a good idea to remove the device from the port. He also said that the device should be inserted back into the port before starting the engine rather than after it was already running.
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Last edited by Sk8Man_; Mar 26, 2020 at 02:02 PM.
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Interesting....but that’s not what they told me 18 months ago. I have a tendency to throw the battery tender on mine whenever I know I won’t be using it for a week or more, but I also have let It sit for 7 days and then driven it and it has always fired right up. Guess you’ll have to respect this guy’s comments, though.
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Interesting....but that’s not what they told me 18 months ago. I have a tendency to throw the battery tender on mine whenever I know I won’t be using it for a week or more, but I also have let It sit for 7 days and then driven it and it has always fired right up. Guess you’ll have to respect this guy’s comments, though.
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That was one of the things my tuner turned off when I did my first round of mods. Advice have a tuner simply remove it from the computer. Problem solved.
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WELL!!! Since the question that I put forth just above and the comments that followed I decided to telephone "Range" this morning myself. I spoke with a fellow in their Technical department that presented himself well, with knowledge and confidence in his demeanor so I feel that I got a good answer with a soundly reasonable explanation about this device and whether or not it might add to the cars battery-drain problem. In brief, after I explained to him about this conversation on the "Forum", he explained that there must be some misunderstanding out here in "Corvette Land" about the different devices made by "Range" telling me that they had redesigned some of the products they offered to reduce or eliminate battery-drain but that this particular device was NOT one of them. That because the particular port on the Corvette where one inserts the "AFM Disabler" is a "constant-voltage port" they cannot build the device so that there is not some battery-drain involved. He recommended that if I parked the car for longer than 2 days (three at most) it would be a good idea to remove the device from the port. He also said that the device should be inserted back into the port before starting the engine rather than after it was already running.
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My Question:One question I'd like to ask.
My Corvette sits mostly all week. However it stays on a battery tender and indicates a full charge.
Is it ok to leave the Range unit plugged in or will it be better to unplug it when not in use? All lights are out so I assume it's sleeping.
Response:Your vehicle will be fine if you have it on a battery tender. If you didn't have a tender on it and were leaving it for weeks at a time we would recommend to remove it from the vehicle. Thanks.
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It's been plugged in and is an awesome little device.
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From: 2019 CMG Z06/ZR1
Have a Range on my 16 Tahoe. Love it, but it killed my battery when I was on a work trip and the truck was parked. Mailed Range my device for them to reflash with the latest update. Should have it back next week. Lesson learned, will stay unplugged if the car is going to sit.
In the vette, just use manual mode to avoid AFM
In the vette, just use manual mode to avoid AFM