Phil wrote: > If you are going to routinely leave any car, EV or not, parked without > attention for more than 2 weeks routinely, I advise a 12v battery switch > be installed on the negative lead.
That's good advice, with one caveat. Some cars have standard-equipment anti-theft systems that must be powered, or the car may need to be towed to the dealer! Our 2001 VW Eurovan had this, and now my 2010 Chevy Colorado has it. If you disconnect the 12v battery, the anti-theft system forgets its code, and only the dealer could reset it. And (at least for my local dealers), they required the car to be towed to their shop to do it! I got around this by adding a small PV panel to keep the 12v battery charged during long idle periods. (Both of these vehicles were ICEs, so I rarely drove them). Lee -- Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James But it *does* require attention to detail! -- Lee Hart -- Lee A. Hart https://www.sunrise-ev.com _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
