So, if you leave the lights on and drain the battery, you need to have
it towed to a dealer ? There must be another piece to the story.
Peri
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------ Original Message ------
From: "Lee Hart via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
Cc: "Lee Hart" <leeah...@earthlink.net>
Sent: 26-Aug-24 15:28:49
Subject: Re: [EVDL] Tesla idle power draw
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
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