I will have to leave my Range Rover for two months on my garage. Does not any change to plug a batery mantainer. Can I unplug the batery cables so the batery doesn´t die ?

Is this the best option under my condition ? Last time I had to go over board, I asked a friend to go there and start the engine for a few minutes every week. But he couldn´t go there and the batery died !! Had to plug another batery for 20 minutes and then start the engine. This time I was thinking unpluging the batery cables but some how I´m afraid of waht can happend after, these cars have there own soul regarding eletronics if you know what I mean. Thanks in advance.

J.Seven J.Seven

I left the battery disconnected on a Rangie once for a week - and I'll never make that mistake again!!

What about a solar trickle charger?

***

What happend? J.Seven

Every possible fault you can think of comes up. You're right when you say they have a mind of their own, and just like you & I don't like having no food and oxygen, RRs don't like having no volts & amps!

Most of the error codes can be cleared but I ended up having to replace the ABS ECU which for some reason was fine before the battery was taken off but refused to play ball afterwards. Even if you can clear them it's still a real drag though.

x 2 for solar charger. Works wonders

Gary

33CHINACARS wrote:

x 2 for solar charger. Works wonders

Gary

I regularly leave mine parked for months at a time. (and I don't recommend it!)

As has been said, use a solar trickle charged. £5 well spent *Gone* Discovery3 HSE
*Gone* Discovery3 HSE
*Gone* MY10 RangeRover TDV8
Freelander for OH
MY11 Range Rover 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography Black

+1 for solar charger,

Would a solar charger work well in a garage - get a CTEK battery conditioner or the Lidl £12.99 job if you can not stretch. - Can happily leave the Rangie for years then...it will only be your tyres that are knackered! Consider putting her up on blocks so the tyres have less weight but for a couple of months she should be fine just with a conditioner - I would not leave her disconnected.
Best of luck... '96 Volkswagen Polo 1.4CL - SOLD
'00 Audi A3 1.8T - SOLD
'97 Lotus Esprit V8 - SOLD
'03 BMW M3 - SOLD
'93 Range Rover 3.9 Vogue SE - SOLD
'92 Peugeot 205 GRD - DIED
'99 BMW 540i Touring - SOLD
'94 Peugeot 405 GDRT - SOLD
'00 Peugeot 406 HDI estate - 63mpg! - SOLD
'08 Range Rover TDV8 Vogue SE - SOLD
'11 Skoda Fabia Greenline II - 94.2mpg!- SOLD
'07 E61 BMW 530d msport touring - SOLD
‘20 Tesla Model 3 SR+
‘20 Tesla Model 3 Performance

Disable the internal ultrasonic sensors and maybe invest in another battery to leave in the boot and use that to jump off when you get back but as abI've 2 solar trickle chargers plugged in to the point in the boot that's always live should help keep it going as long as it gets some light and isn't an underground car park.

If the battery is over 5-6yr old replace it but then use te old one as the booster to save cash  FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
Mantec Sump Guard, Rigid Load liner, MY10 BT upgrade.

Talk to a friend and he will come here every week to put the car running, can´t get eletricity for the trickle charger, if he comes every week I think I wont have any problems, what do you think? The battery was bought on June 2011 bran new from RR dealer.

J.Seven J.Seven

Brand new battery could be OK if you fancied taking a risk. If you trust your friend, I would ask them to take the car for a run as every start cycle will take its toll on the car. I have heard that all the airport car park related battery drain relates to the car systems going to sleep and then every time someone walks past waving their car remote about, your car wakes a little to see if the signal is for them. Being an airport this goes on 24 hours a day until you return so the poor car gets little rest. - In that case perhaps solar charger (perhaps with long extention to reach outside) would do the trick - no need to bother friend and healthy battery on return. '96 Volkswagen Polo 1.4CL - SOLD
'00 Audi A3 1.8T - SOLD
'97 Lotus Esprit V8 - SOLD
'03 BMW M3 - SOLD
'93 Range Rover 3.9 Vogue SE - SOLD
'92 Peugeot 205 GRD - DIED
'99 BMW 540i Touring - SOLD
'94 Peugeot 405 GDRT - SOLD
'00 Peugeot 406 HDI estate - 63mpg! - SOLD
'08 Range Rover TDV8 Vogue SE - SOLD
'11 Skoda Fabia Greenline II - 94.2mpg!- SOLD
'07 E61 BMW 530d msport touring - SOLD
‘20 Tesla Model 3 SR+
‘20 Tesla Model 3 Performance

If using the CTEK or Lidl charger be aware the Lidl one does not start charging again if the mains is removed and then re-connected as in a power cut.

It has to be reset manually, I believe the CTEK ones resets automatically.

Ian