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Left Car Parked 8 Days, now it wont start. HELP!
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<blockquote data-quote="ddgermann" data-source="post: 116695" data-attributes="member: 3537"><p>Interesting that your battery tender did not trip out and light up a code due to your battery being that bad as they normally have a very limited output. What tender are you using? </p><p>I'm using the "Corvette" one and on 3 cars it has been fine leaving the cars plugged in over the whole winter as well as 30 days at a time when I'm overseas 6 times a year. Ya...the car sits a lot but the batteries have been always on the tender when the car is sitting.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]12319[/ATTACH] </p><p>Your Corvette will drain the batteries in about a week without a tender plugged in due to the computers always being powered. Lots of this is for the security systems. pitch/roll and interior motion sensors..etc.etc. So these cars must be plugged in. They also have a lot of compression and require substantial torque to turn over. </p><p>So what I find the best is to plug the car in if it is going to sit for more than overnight then the battery is always fully charged and does not get damaged (sulphated plates) over time. This can happen bit by bit with no real warning until it sits for an extra day and will not start. </p><p></p><p>I have this charger for my H1 which has 2 very expensive batteries designed to manage winching duties and high draw accessories. (lighting and stereo)</p><p>This truck is parked for months at a time and I learned my lesson leaving it unplugged as well. I had to replace the batteries and got this charger/maintainer for it. Works like a charm and also will run a maintenance program for desulfation of the batteries. This would work on the corvette battery too if one felt it was needed on an older battery. This charger is not cheap but about 40% of the cost of new batteries for the Hummer plus I can use it on my Corvette once a year to keep the battery in top shape. The tenders do nothing more than keep the batteries topped up and will not deep cycle maintain them. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]12320[/ATTACH] </p><p>Hope you get the Corvette started today and go out for a great drive. Here in Edmonton it is -1 and sunny heading to 10 today. Bunch of the guys here are planning a cruise tomorrow so I hope the weather holds for them. I'm getting on a plane to Asia tomorrow so Im going to miss this one... grrr</p><p></p><p>Hope you get your battery charging woes all sorted out and your Vette fires right up for you in the spring.</p><p></p><p>Derek</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ddgermann, post: 116695, member: 3537"] Interesting that your battery tender did not trip out and light up a code due to your battery being that bad as they normally have a very limited output. What tender are you using? I'm using the "Corvette" one and on 3 cars it has been fine leaving the cars plugged in over the whole winter as well as 30 days at a time when I'm overseas 6 times a year. Ya...the car sits a lot but the batteries have been always on the tender when the car is sitting. [ATTACH=full]12319[/ATTACH] Your Corvette will drain the batteries in about a week without a tender plugged in due to the computers always being powered. Lots of this is for the security systems. pitch/roll and interior motion sensors..etc.etc. So these cars must be plugged in. They also have a lot of compression and require substantial torque to turn over. So what I find the best is to plug the car in if it is going to sit for more than overnight then the battery is always fully charged and does not get damaged (sulphated plates) over time. This can happen bit by bit with no real warning until it sits for an extra day and will not start. I have this charger for my H1 which has 2 very expensive batteries designed to manage winching duties and high draw accessories. (lighting and stereo) This truck is parked for months at a time and I learned my lesson leaving it unplugged as well. I had to replace the batteries and got this charger/maintainer for it. Works like a charm and also will run a maintenance program for desulfation of the batteries. This would work on the corvette battery too if one felt it was needed on an older battery. This charger is not cheap but about 40% of the cost of new batteries for the Hummer plus I can use it on my Corvette once a year to keep the battery in top shape. The tenders do nothing more than keep the batteries topped up and will not deep cycle maintain them. [ATTACH=full]12320[/ATTACH] Hope you get the Corvette started today and go out for a great drive. Here in Edmonton it is -1 and sunny heading to 10 today. Bunch of the guys here are planning a cruise tomorrow so I hope the weather holds for them. I'm getting on a plane to Asia tomorrow so Im going to miss this one... grrr Hope you get your battery charging woes all sorted out and your Vette fires right up for you in the spring. Derek [/QUOTE]
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