Battery life

freewheeler · 11th March 2024, 12:09

heyup, looking for advice (as usual lol). How long should a fully charged battery last with the car stood and locked. The battery is a Varta with 74 Ah. I will be going on my hols and leaving the car for two weeks at an airport car park and my fear is when I return the battery will be too flat to start the car. The checks I've done seem to point to a good battery, it's only two years old. Cheers, Dave

suzublu · 11th March 2024, 12:22

Get yourself a powerpack and leave it in the car. Then if it is flat at least you can jump start it 😎

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alan richard · 19th March 2024, 12:25

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Originally Posted by suzublu

Get yourself a powerpack and leave it in the car. Then if it is flat at least you can jump start it ��

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Good tip. They're a very useful piece of kit for the small size.
Someone rescued me with a drained bike battery using one last year.

Some better/ bigger than others. Currently Aldi are doing one for cheaps.
I keep meaning to get one.
-A

(Edit - my motorbike battery was drained and I was rescued using a powerpack - my description above is a bit ambiguous)

Arctic · 19th March 2024, 23:36

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Originally Posted by suzublu

Get yourself a powerpack and leave it in the car. Then if it is flat at least you can jump start it 😎

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Anyone use these Chinese products with any success

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_n...r+bank&_sop=12

torque2me · 20th March 2024, 11:28

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Originally Posted by Arctic

Anyone use these Chinese products with any success

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_n...r+bank&_sop=12

Always amazes me with regard to the various price points for the same product.
Kev

daveo138 · 15th April 2024, 14:12

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Originally Posted by Arctic

Anyone use these Chinese products with any success

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_n...r+bank&_sop=12

I bought one of these, although it was £10 cheaper.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176334812490

It looks like the JS1500 is about £60.

I've only needed to use it once, to start the 75, and it worked fine.

I thought it would be handy for my other half to use, if I'm not around.

Her 25 does very short trips - less than 1000 miles a year - and I need to charge it fairly regularly during the winter months.

freewheeler · 15th April 2024, 22:13

Hiya, I'm hoping I won't need anything for at least two years and with my luck if I bought one and needed to use it, that would be flat too lol. I'm in the AA so should be ok. Cheers, Dave

xsport · 11th March 2024, 13:50

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Originally Posted by freewheeler

heyup, looking for advice (as usual lol). How long should a fully charged battery last with the car stood and locked. The battery is a Varta with 74 Ah. I will be going on my hols and leaving the car for two weeks at an airport car park and my fear is when I return the battery will be too flat to start the car. The checks I've done seem to point to a good battery, it's only two years old. Cheers, Dave

Would only take a second to undo the battery post clamps and disconnect . Provided that its charged and in good order !!

xsport · 11th March 2024, 14:04

I doubt that you would be keen to leave the car without alarm protection if disconnected. If the alarm was activated whilst the battery was connected then it will of course keep going until you return !! Either sort out your battery drain or do as suggested,buy a jump start pack. I have read about the sat nav unit in the boot draining on some models causing grief if not allowed to shut down properly , but never having this system on my car , i dont know a great deal about it ...

freewheeler · 11th March 2024, 18:05

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Originally Posted by xsport

I doubt that you would be keen to leave the car without alarm protection if disconnected. If the alarm was activated whilst the battery was connected then it will of course keep going until you return !! Either sort out your battery drain or do as suggested,buy a jump start pack. I have read about the sat nav unit in the boot draining on some models causing grief if not allowed to shut down properly , but never having this system on my car , i dont know a great deal about it ...

You're right about leaving the car without the alarm and I don't have the satnav in the boot either so I'll be pulling a few fuses, It'll pass a hour or two on. Cheers, Dave

11th March 2024, 12:09	#1
freewheeler Avid contributor Rover 75 cdt connoisseur se saloon Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Doncaster Posts: 196 Thanks: 27 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Battery life heyup, looking for advice (as usual lol). How long should a fully charged battery last with the car stood and locked. The battery is a Varta with 74 Ah. I will be going on my hols and leaving the car for two weeks at an airport car park and my fear is when I return the battery will be too flat to start the car. The checks I've done seem to point to a good battery, it's only two years old. Cheers, Dave

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suzublu This is my second home rover 75 1.8 vvc club se wedgwood blue Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Seaton Carew Posts: 26,944 Thanks: 65 Thanked 7,142 Times in 4,642 Posts	Get yourself a powerpack and leave it in the car. Then if it is flat at least you can jump start it 😎 Sent from my SM-A145R using Tapatalk

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freewheeler Avid contributor Rover 75 cdt connoisseur se saloon Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Doncaster Posts: 196 Thanks: 27 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Hiya, I'm hoping I won't need anything for at least two years and with my luck if I bought one and needed to use it, that would be flat too lol. I'm in the AA so should be ok. Cheers, Dave

11th March 2024, 14:04	#9
xsport Posted a thing or two rover 75 club se Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Leicester Posts: 1,683 Thanks: 358 Thanked 419 Times in 310 Posts	I doubt that you would be keen to leave the car without alarm protection if disconnected. If the alarm was activated whilst the battery was connected then it will of course keep going until you return !! Either sort out your battery drain or do as suggested,buy a jump start pack. I have read about the sat nav unit in the boot draining on some models causing grief if not allowed to shut down properly , but never having this system on my car , i dont know a great deal about it ...