Hi All,
As i don't get to use my car often enough, the battery doesn't get enough of a charge to run the alarm/tracker - or whatever it is that likes to use the juice when parked up for a month and have any left over for the actual starting!
Although i'm parked in a garage, there is no access to power so i cannot just leave a CTEK hooked up to it.
As far as i can see, my only option is to disconnect the battery after I've locked up (whilst realising that I'll need to hook up the jump start pack to open the bonnet - so have made up a jump start pack to cig lighter socket cable to make this bit easy).
To make disconnecting the battery easy, this morning i fitted one of the screw isolator things (similar to this -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battery-Cut-Off-Switch-Universal/dp/B007C7CJT4 ).
Fitted neatly with plenty of space under the plastic cover - all good so far!
...problem occurs: I lock the car up (leaving the bonnet open) but all doors closed and locked (such that windows are fully raised) and remove the screw to disconnect the battery - The Alarm goes off!!
The alarm goes off presumably running on some back-up battery - and more annoyingly, can only be turned off by reconnecting the main battery and unlocking (the button on the key had no effect until main battery was reconnected - by which time my ears hurt!).
So I'm stumped - how can I leave the car securely locked up, but have the battery disconnected such that I'll have enough juice to start it when I next get a chance to?!?
(i searched the forum as i'm sure i'm not the first to try this - but the only solution that kept coming up was leaving a battery conditioner hooked up - which isn't an option).
As i don't get to use my car often enough, the battery doesn't get enough of a charge to run the alarm/tracker - or whatever it is that likes to use the juice when parked up for a month and have any left over for the actual starting!
Although i'm parked in a garage, there is no access to power so i cannot just leave a CTEK hooked up to it.
As far as i can see, my only option is to disconnect the battery after I've locked up (whilst realising that I'll need to hook up the jump start pack to open the bonnet - so have made up a jump start pack to cig lighter socket cable to make this bit easy).
To make disconnecting the battery easy, this morning i fitted one of the screw isolator things (similar to this -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battery-Cut-Off-Switch-Universal/dp/B007C7CJT4 ).
Fitted neatly with plenty of space under the plastic cover - all good so far!
...problem occurs: I lock the car up (leaving the bonnet open) but all doors closed and locked (such that windows are fully raised) and remove the screw to disconnect the battery - The Alarm goes off!!
The alarm goes off presumably running on some back-up battery - and more annoyingly, can only be turned off by reconnecting the main battery and unlocking (the button on the key had no effect until main battery was reconnected - by which time my ears hurt!).
So I'm stumped - how can I leave the car securely locked up, but have the battery disconnected such that I'll have enough juice to start it when I next get a chance to?!?
(i searched the forum as i'm sure i'm not the first to try this - but the only solution that kept coming up was leaving a battery conditioner hooked up - which isn't an option).
