Battery advice - Leaving the Stinger sitting for two months

[Williamlt]

Hi Everyone,

I am planning quite a long vacation this summer and the car will be sitting in my drive for around two months.

What should I do with the battery, I see is quite in an unusual place (at least for me). I normally disconnected the cables with my past cars but seems a bit complicated with this car.

Any advice? Should I buy a trickle? If yes, any particolar ones you would advice for the stinger?

Thanks everyone for the help

 

[RIck-F]

a CTEC is about as good and versatile as you can get. I have an older model CTEC (MUS 2.3). It will bring your battery up to a full charge and then maintain it-- and not overcharge. Brands like BMW, M-B, Porsche recommend Ctec chargers.

 

[Williamlt]

a CTEC is about as good and versatile as you can get. I have an older model CTEC (MUS 2.3). It will bring your battery up to a full charge and then maintain it-- and not overcharge. Brands like BMW, M-B, Porsche recommend Ctec chargers.

Thanks, I see two models both suitable for AGM batteries. One is for start/stop models and the cheaper one it does not specify.

Imagine I should go for the start/stop model (Ctek 40-106 Smart battery charger)

Thanks again, appreciate your help as I am totally lost with those type of thing lol

 

[JSolo]

I'd be concerned running a power cable to the outside for such a long time - weather, animals, etc. It may be best to remove the battery and store/maintain inside the garage instead.

I use a battery tender on mine when not in use for long periods. I connected it under the hood as the car is inside a garage.

https://www.costco.com/battery-tend...charger-%26-maintainer.product.100679769.html .

 

[Williamlt]

I'd be concerned running a power cable to the outside for such a long time - weather, animals, etc. It may be best to remove the battery and store/maintain inside the garage instead.

I use a battery tender on mine when not in use for long periods. I connected it under the hood as the car is inside a garage.

Thanks, I know not sure what to do. With the old car it was quite easy just needed to disconnect a cable...now with electric tailgate and all the rest is more complicated and being a total ignorant I am afraid on damaging the car.

 

[D.J.]

Just flip fuse panel switch to OFF
Will easily last just 2 months
Then flip back on when you return

Parking the car for 1 month

Hey guys, I'm going to be away for a month and wanted to get your opinions on what I should do regarding the battery... This kinda blindsided me because I planned to just use a trickle charger but I found out I don't have an outlet I can use for my parking spot. Just wanted to get your...

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[Williamlt]

thanks this looks like a good solution!

 

[ChaneRZ]

Here is mine. I don’t want to keep opening my hood just to charge.

 

[CKeeler]

I’ve used a battery tender before in multiple cars. Even my Stinger. Works great

 

[777David]

Definitely good to have a trickle charger around, if you don't have one already. I'm with JSolo in that I would be afraid to leave it hooked up outside for that long. If a lead falls off OR someone trips over the cord (delivery person, animal, etc), then you run the risk of other bad things happening.
If it were me, I would charge the battery up with your newly purchased trickle charger before you go. When you return, put the trickle charger back on it and give it a good charge. You should be good to go!

I use a NOCO Genius battery charger.

Did not know about the main fuse switch, D.J. That's neat to know! I'd probably do that too.

 

[Williamlt]

Definitely good to have a trickle charger around, if you don't have one already. I'm with JSolo in that I would be afraid to leave it hooked up outside for that long. If a lead falls off OR someone trips over the cord (delivery person, animal, etc), then you run the risk of other bad things happening.
If it were me, I would charge the battery up with your newly purchased trickle charger before you go. When you return, put the trickle charger back on it and give it a good charge. You should be good to go!

I use a NOCO Genius battery charger.

Did not know about the main fuse switch, D.J. That's neat to know! I'd probably do that too.

Thanks, yes probably the best option with a good charge it should last 6 weeks. Seen those on Amazon witch model do you have? Now...sorry for the stupid question, do you need to remove the battery from the car while charging?

 

[D.J.]

Thanks, yes probably the best option with a good charge it should last 6 weeks. Seen those on Amazon witch model do you have? Now...sorry for the stupid question, do you need to remove the battery from the car while charging?

Are you referring to recharging the battery after you have already stored it for 6 weeks?, I suspect it'll be fine and it'll start the car with no issue, and then it will not need to be recharged, with a charger, you can simply drive the car.

 

[Williamlt]

Are you referring to recharging the battery after you have already stored it for 6 weeks?, I suspect it'll be fine and it'll start the car with no issue, and then it will not need to be recharged, with a charger, you can simply drive the car.

Just as David was suggesting, recharge fully before leaving and then recharge once I am back but probably this last charge is not really required if not flat

 

[D.J.]

Just as David was suggesting, recharge fully before leaving and then recharge once I am back but probably this last charge is not really required if not flat

Before you leave . . . just drive the car! When you park after a drive of any reasonable length (20 mins perhaps), it is always fully charged (Unless you drive many many consecutive repetitive extremely short trips).

 

[777David]

Thanks, yes probably the best option with a good charge it should last 6 weeks. Seen those on Amazon witch model do you have? Now...sorry for the stupid question, do you need to remove the battery from the car while charging?

I have the NOCO Genius 10. Even after driving mine for any distance, the battery will always take a little charge to bring to 100%.

You don't have to take the battery out. Use the jump start connections shown in the manual to charge under the hood. In the manual it's on pg. 6-6 (for the MY22).

 

[D.J.]

I have the NOCO Genius 10. Even after driving mine for any distance, the battery will always take a little charge to bring to 100%.

You don't have to take the battery out. Use the jump start connections shown in the manual to charge under the hood. In the manual it's on pg. 6-6 (for the MY22).

I bet after charging with your Noco G10


If you disconnect and wait a few hours and reconnect - it will probably still take the same little charge before it realizes it is at 100%

 

[777David]

Maybe so. I charge it once a month and each time I do, it takes about 6 hours to fully charge it. Granted the last (and longest) stage it just a trickle. If it were 100% charged after driving it, I'm convinced it wouldn't take that long.

 

[D.J.]

Maybe so. I charge it once a month and each time I do, it takes about 6 hours to fully charge it. Granted the last (and longest) stage it just a trickle. If it were 100% charged after driving it, I'm convinced it wouldn't take that long.

I know 1 way to find out....


You could connect your charger 2 hours after parking - for science, and observe the behavior

 

[777David]

Better than that, I'll check the voltage at the battery before and after the first charge.

I just know with a Nissan Quest we used to own, that vehicle was "electrically needy". We could never keep a good battery more than 3 years in that vehicle. With headlight delay (which i had off), 7 dome lights (incandescent) running for up to a minute after shutdown, electric sliding doors closing after turning off, the battery just never seemed to be at 100%. which I believe contributed to the early demise of the battery each time.

Maybe I'm carrying over into the Stinger (and my other vehicles) too much. I just HATE buying batteries every 3 years. If I can help prolong the battery life with a boost charge every so often, it's worth it to me.

 

[bfglitch]

This is the one thing that's going to irk me about this car. My 2000 sebring jxi I had for 9 years and never once had to change the battery. The 2009 Scion xB I had to change the battery once in its 12-13 years I had the car. I have a sneaky feeling I'll be changing the battery more often in this, especially since I don't have any easy way to attach a tender.