Antigravity battery - recent experiences?
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Well it finally happened. Pulled the trigger on the H6/60Ah battery.
Now just hope the install goes smoothly. I hope I don’t wipe my settings in the amp/EQ I had put in.
edit: oem battery was still working fine, but the start/stop hasn’t been reliable this fall. Maybe the car was still cold, but it’s been 8 years. Maybe it’s just due.
Now just hope the install goes smoothly. I hope I don’t wipe my settings in the amp/EQ I had put in.
edit: oem battery was still working fine, but the start/stop hasn’t been reliable this fall. Maybe the car was still cold, but it’s been 8 years. Maybe it’s just due.
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Well it finally happened. Pulled the trigger on the H6/60Ah battery.
Now just hope the install goes smoothly. I hope I don’t wipe my settings in the amp/EQ I had put in.
edit: oem battery was still working fine, but the start/stop hasn’t been reliable this fall. Maybe the car was still cold, but it’s been 8 years. Maybe it’s just due.
Now just hope the install goes smoothly. I hope I don’t wipe my settings in the amp/EQ I had put in.
edit: oem battery was still working fine, but the start/stop hasn’t been reliable this fall. Maybe the car was still cold, but it’s been 8 years. Maybe it’s just due.
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Is there much of a point to buying a tender for these? I do credit my long oem battery life to the CTEK I used, basically every time I parked it in the garage (which is pure overkill I'm sure).
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Update:
Installed the 60Ah H6 battery yesterday. No real issues with the install, didn’t lose any settings on seats or aftermarket stereo. Car started up strong, and start/stop works much more reliably now (although I keep it off 99% of the time).
Installed the 60Ah H6 battery yesterday. No real issues with the install, didn’t lose any settings on seats or aftermarket stereo. Car started up strong, and start/stop works much more reliably now (although I keep it off 99% of the time).
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I’m the same. IMO, if you can be bothered, there’s no downside to using a Ctek or similar at every opportunity
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While our battery has built-in protections that prevent damage to it when overdischarge, and they also have the built-in Jump Start feature so you will never be stranded.... it actually is always best WHEN POSSIBLE to keep a battery on a Charger. While not as important for our Lithium Battery because it cannot be damage by an overdischarge like a lead/acid battery, it is still very important for you as a PORSCHE owner because the Porsches are pretty sensative to low battery voltage. So you can actually have our Lithium battery be in a LOW VOLTAGE CONDITION, but because it so powerful it will still easily start the Car, BUT the Porsche will sense the low voltage and then potentially throw a flag. So that is the actually reason for keeping your Lithium Battery charged also. Now if you are driving relatively frequently you will rarely if ever need a Charger on the Battery, I am just saying if you don't drive for a few weeks each time, then there is a potential get a cumulative lower voltage on the battery and never get a really good charge on it since you aren't driving often of for longer periods... but it will still start the car fine, but you might get flags. Hope I explained that so you can understand.
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While our battery has built-in protections that prevent damage to it when overdischarge, and they also have the built-in Jump Start feature so you will never be stranded.... it actually is always best WHEN POSSIBLE to keep a battery on a Charger. While not as important for our Lithium Battery because it cannot be damage by an overdischarge like a lead/acid battery, it is still very important for you as a PORSCHE owner because the Porsches are pretty sensative to low battery voltage. So you can actually have our Lithium battery be in a LOW VOLTAGE CONDITION, but because it so powerful it will still easily start the Car, BUT the Porsche will sense the low voltage and then potentially throw a flag. So that is the actually reason for keeping your Lithium Battery charged also. Now if you are driving relatively frequently you will rarely if ever need a Charger on the Battery, I am just saying if you don't drive for a few weeks each time, then there is a potential get a cumulative lower voltage on the battery and never get a really good charge on it since you aren't driving often of for longer periods... but it will still start the car fine, but you might get flags. Hope I explained that so you can understand.
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If I was driving daily I would not charge the battery overnight unless my daily trips were very short. My daily is a Subaru BRZ and I drive it 3 days a week. Then work from home Thursday and Friday. So it mostly sits from Wednesday night to Monday morning. My normal AGM battery never has an issue. I have a long commute so the battery can get charged. Now if I go on vacation and the car sits for a week, that first start can be slow. My 981 goes on the CTEK if I know I will not drive during the week,
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If you are driving daily or even weekly or longer sometimes it will NOT harm or degrade the Antigravity batteries to NOT charge them. . Some owners have alot more aftermarket accessories that can create a much higher parasitic drain on the battery, such as Camera that stay on always, or radar detectors or USB devices. But if you running a stock vehicle and no aftermarket accessories and you know you don't have a high parasitic drain on the Car, then you can actually let our battery sit in the car for a month and longer and still start the car easy. My statement above about keeping it on a charger is if you do have higher parasitic drains and don't drive as often and you don't want to mess around with potential low voltage issues, thenkeep it on a charge when possible. But being blunt I had a 2016 GT3RS and would leave that car to sit 6 weeks with a 40Ah and it would still start no probs and didn't have a flag, but that car did not have extra accessories like some of the other Porsche varients that have heated seats, and more electronics. So bottom line after me rambling is that NO it won't hurt the battery at all to not keep it on a charger if you are driving enough to keep it in a good state of charge... and driving daily will keep it in a good state of charge for sure...