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Old 11th August 2013, 12:19   #1
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would i cause any malfunctions to any parts of my car if i disconnect my battery each time my car is going to be stood idle for 4/5 days,grateful for any answers,can not find what is discharging battery and fed up with changing it every 4/5 days so thought it might be easier to disconnect it till i can afford to have it looked at.
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Old 11th August 2013, 12:21   #2
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Would imagine the o Ly thing it will affect is your radio settings, if you have an oem radio you can de activate the code request,if you look in the I c e forum ,Im sure there is a thread on what to do, I did it on mine.
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Would imagine the o Ly thing it will affect is your radio settings, if you have an oem radio you can de activate the code request,if you look in the I c e forum ,Im sure there is a thread on what to do, I did it on mine.
hi richard never needed a code so i assume it is deactivated,been changing battery every 4/5 days and when i have put new fully charged battery on the radio sat nav has worked ok.
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I don't know the answer but in the interim what about using a Ctek style trickle charger that you can safely use whilst the battery is still connected. They come with both a hard wire kit and crocodile clips. I use two on my MGF and 260 and connect and disconnect is a matter of seconds.

Good luck with finding the source of the drain.
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Does your sat nav power down properly, red light go out after 30+ seconds.

Had this on mine a while ago.

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Does your sat nav power down properly, red light go out after 30+ seconds.

Had this on mine a while ago.

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no probs with sat nav powers down as it should,shut all doors lifted boot and watched and it flashes after about 1min the goes out.
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Sorry Bob thats about the extent of my knowledge of fault finding and electrikery .
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Don't forget that the alarm will not work when the battery is disconnected. How important that is depends on where you are parking. I don't know whether it would affect your insurance in the event of a claim.
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Don't forget that the alarm will not work when the battery is disconnected. How important that is depends on where you are parking. I don't know whether it would affect your insurance in the event of a claim.
Can't think why it would, the immobiliser is a better deterrent than the alarm, and no battery means a further immobility feature surely.
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Does your sat nav power down properly, red light go out after 30+ seconds.

Had this on mine a while ago.

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Red light???? I've have had unexplained battery discharge where I could leave the car for a few weeks and it's fine and then it will discharge completely over night. it's happened twice over the last year. I actually thought it was Sat-Nav related but red light??
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