Maintaining personal car's battery while you're driving OTR
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by BunBaoPho88, Nov 23, 2021.
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BunBaoPho88 Thanks this.
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No. That sounds like too much work. I keep a charged battery jumper in my trunk incase it somehow does die.
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you swap the fuse from one slot to another slot , to change if the lighter is on all the time or just when the key is on .
and some cheap solar panels will actually drain the battery at night , they run backwards somehow .
thw good ones have a diode so the juice can only flow one directionMoosetek13 and Pamela1990 Thank this. -
I stay out about 6 to 8 weeks at a time. Have a 2016 Jeep Patriot. Never have had a problem yet. That said, once while home (I'd been home a couple days at that point) I had my original battery go bad. I got a jump from my step-son then went and bought a new one. Installed it in the parts place's parking lot and got my core deposit.
I do have a pair of jumper cables in the trunk. Just in case. But, I've had a pair of jumper cables in the trunk of every vehicle I've had in the last 30 years or so (not the same pair).MadScientist and Pamela1990 Thank this. -
Pamela1990 Thanks this.
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Thanks for all the advice everyone. Next time home, I am picking up a solar panel charger I ordered online. And I bought a small 12v jump starter box at autozlne, just in case. I did disconnect the battery overnight just to see how that would go, and everything was fine. Just lost a the radio presets.
Turns out my battery was a little old. I tested it and decided to upgrade- bought and installed a new one before hitting the road again.
I didn't realize that disconnecting a battery potentially could mess with a transmissions' learned data on newer cars... wouldn't want to mess with that too much. Although I don't believe disconnecting my battery for a couple weeks would ruin the car- I do want make that little go-kart last for a few more years. -
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I picked up one of these today at Walmart...
NOCO Boost Plus GB40 1000 Amp 12-Volt UltraSafe Lithium Jump Starter For Up To 6-Liter Gasoline And 4-Liter Diesel Engines - Walmart.com
They only had 1 in stock.
The guy said that they go out as fast as they come in, and people just walk out if the Noco is not available.God prefers Diesels and Pamela1990 Thank this. -
I don’t leave my vehicle at a yard but my truck has an app that will send me a notice if the battery is going to go into sleep mode to save battery life
This is if my wife doesn’t drive it and I can start my truck from the app and let it charge for 15 minutes
I would think with all the tech stuff out there that this might be a aftermarket product by now that you can install
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