I have decision to make this winter and I want some opinions or advice on the best thing to do.
I intend to SORN my car this year and leave in the garage for the winter. Unfortunately, my garage is quite tight for space and has no power to it and should the battery go completely dead I would have a logistical nightmare trying to jump with the fuse-box in the car, with another battery trying to get the bonnet (frunk) catch to pop.
At the moment I have a solar powered trickle charge plugged into the cig lighter just to top up the battery, however I am well aware with the degrading winter daylight, it wont be enough.
So, my logical choice is just to disconnect battery from the car, however I have never done this for prolonged period, in the past for short periods less than a couple of hours I have had no problems apart from PASM/PSM fault appears (cant remember is its PSM or PASM) on the dash, but it disappears pretty quickly after a couple turns of the wheel.
What's the experience out there on leaving the battery disconnected for prolonged periods ? Any problems?
I intend to SORN my car this year and leave in the garage for the winter. Unfortunately, my garage is quite tight for space and has no power to it and should the battery go completely dead I would have a logistical nightmare trying to jump with the fuse-box in the car, with another battery trying to get the bonnet (frunk) catch to pop.
At the moment I have a solar powered trickle charge plugged into the cig lighter just to top up the battery, however I am well aware with the degrading winter daylight, it wont be enough.
So, my logical choice is just to disconnect battery from the car, however I have never done this for prolonged period, in the past for short periods less than a couple of hours I have had no problems apart from PASM/PSM fault appears (cant remember is its PSM or PASM) on the dash, but it disappears pretty quickly after a couple turns of the wheel.
What's the experience out there on leaving the battery disconnected for prolonged periods ? Any problems?