On Jan 11, 12:45 am, Invisible Man <Invisi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> Jazz_Azz wrote:
> > On Jan 9, 6:59 pm, Jazz_Azz <shka...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> Hooked up the charger/maintainer that I got from J.C. Whitney today,
a
> >> Vector VEC080 "Smart Battery Charger". And since a poster in this
grp.
> >> alerted me that the cigarette lighter connector would not work, cause
> >> of the ignition key needing to be in and on accessory, I used the
> >> "Battery Terminal Ring" cable, that has a connector that meets the
> >> connector attached to this conveniently long enough cable, coming
from
> >> the unit.
>
> >> Now my question. When not in use, during actual driving, is it OK to
> >> unplug the unit from A.C. (Of course) and just store the unit in the
> >> trunk. OR should the unit be disconnected from the cable (Unplugged),
> >> going to the cable attached to the battery. I have a friend who seems
> >> to think that if you leave it to the cable attached to the battery,
> >> that the units circuitry will draw from the battery/electrical
> >> system?? The manual does not say either way. So I think that it is
> >> designed to stay connected to the cable attached to the battery, and
> >> just store the little unit AC cord and all right there in the trunk.
>
> >> TIA for any info, PLEASE.
>
> > I guess that not too many of us Miata users are using those, HUH???
>
> > I think that I am going to like mine. Started up, like the car is used
> > daily :-).
>
> > I used the car today, but just unplugged the unit from the A.C. and
> > laid the entire thing into the trunk connected up to the battery. I
> > can not imagine that it would draw anymore than any other accessory, a
> > phone charging, a High Powered audio system, a burglar alarm system,
> > etc. When I got back home making five stops and restarts, I hooked it
> > back up, and the unit was in the green (Battery fully charged).
>
> The output is of course DC so there would be nothing preventing some
> sort of device being present acting as a diode in the output circuit.
> Could try putting a sensitive ammeter in series when the AC is
> disconnected to see whether there is any current drain. (Hope this makes
> sense in US English)
>
> Both our old 2002 MX5 and our Mazda 3 S****t struggle if not used for
> long runs in the winter so we do have a battery conditioner. It is not
> used often so I disconnect it after use.
>
> No battery problems so far with our 2007 MX5 coup=E9.
>
> There is a lot of vehicle theft in the UK and the alarms fitted drain
> the battery. The remote central locking controls have facilities to
> disable parts of the alarm system and I guess this is to lessen battery
> drain.
Since my Wife and I have three vehicles, her a Chevy Monte Carlo (97,
with only about 43K miles), my 97 Chevy S10 Pick Up, with only 48,500
miles, it is difficult trying to run the Miata the once per week that
the dealer Service dept. told me that that battery requires. So I will
keep the charger maintainer attached all winter. Summers here are so
HOT/Warm that it never appears to have a problem then. But with the
very short cable the charger provides with that quick connect/
disconnect connector, and the pain to move anything, beach chairs, the
trunk cover, battery area fiber board (Fibre ?? for you brits>>>LOL)
etc., I plan to just leave it attached, just unplugging it from the
A.C. I do not have an ammeter, just a very basic Radio Shack Volt
Meter. And even if there were a diode, which there very well could be
(No Schematic was provided in the manual) in the output side drawing
something, while driving, I can not imagine that it would be a whole
lot compared to the draw of any other accessories PPL tend to use. I'm
fairly certain that the alternator will have no problem keeping
up :-). Only my good retired Telco Buddy, (we are both A.T,&T.
retirees) brought that concern up. But he nit picks about
anything>>LOL.
As they say down under>>>"No Worries, Mate.">>LOL LOL :-).
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