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Originally Posted by morphomeman
Just curious: why put the charger on after only five days?
I recently left mine undriven for three weeks and it started up just fine.
Not to jinx things, but the car still has the original battery after 7 years.
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The reason was based solely on terminal voltage. I am retired and only take short trips (<20 miles) to physical therapy and occasional breakfast runs and drives in the country with the top down. Been too hot for a lot of that lately. I am restricted to only short trips until I complete the course of PT, then I can take longer drives.
The last drive was to PT and then it sat for 4 days. Terminal voltage was 12.4, I prefer to keep the battery fully charged which would be 12.7. Sure it would have started, but that is just my personal preference and a way to ensure longer battery life.