Battery Life Question
12-07-2017, 11:34 PM
#31
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i don't know how anyone can own this car and not have a trickle charger. some guys are lucky i guess, but these things are death to batteries if left sitting, in my experience.
recently i had to get a new ctek 3300 for 50 bucks as i burned the last one out. and i always dbl click the remote to disable the interior motion sensing alarm ( was told that lessens parasitic draw? ) and always trickle charge it a cpl times a month, for good measure.
recently i had to get a new ctek 3300 for 50 bucks as i burned the last one out. and i always dbl click the remote to disable the interior motion sensing alarm ( was told that lessens parasitic draw? ) and always trickle charge it a cpl times a month, for good measure.
12-08-2017, 12:57 AM
#32
if functioning properly, these cars are no worse to batteries than any other car of a similar generation... can go weeks untouched and start fine with a healthy battery and no electrical malfunctions
12-08-2017, 01:08 AM
#33
Three Wheelin'
Ctek charger connected with supplied pig tails wired directly to battery. Disconnect light bulbs or remove frunk and engine compartment bulbs and leave unlocked. Battery will last years.
12-08-2017, 01:11 AM
#34
FWIW, the Interstate I just pulled from my GT2 and put into Boxster is now 10+ years old... (slightly lighter, fresh-safety battery for GT2)
Never on a trickle charger/maintainer... high amp charge every couple weeks for hour or two while winter stored
Never on a trickle charger/maintainer... high amp charge every couple weeks for hour or two while winter stored
12-08-2017, 01:15 AM
#35
Three Wheelin'
Ctek charger connected with supplied pig tails wired directly to battery. Disconnect light bulbs or remove frunk and engine compartment bulbs and leave unlocked during storage. Battery will last years.
12-09-2017, 08:50 AM
#37
Originally Posted by "02996ttx50
rob, thats not exactly right at all. I've had cars from 1967 to current and this one "eats" batteries. stop lol.
I've had my Turbo for 3+ years now and the battery has never failed on me. I've left the car untouched for up to a MONTH (several times) without any trickle charger, got in and it fired up as if I drove it 5 min ago.
12-09-2017, 07:18 PM
#40
Rennlist Member
Had a no-start this morning after a week or so in the garage... I might have left my cobb tuner device on which shouldn't draw much current but perhaps enough. Unfortunately the Cobb for the 996TT doesn't have an auto-off option like some of the other versions. I do tend to use a trickle charger when the car is not being driven daily, my preference are the Deltran battery tender products.
Seems to not just be a Porsche problem. My Touareg (another Volkswagen group vehicle) was notorious for parasitic draw and eating batteries... Plus you had to remove the driver seat to swap it, big PITA.
Seems to not just be a Porsche problem. My Touareg (another Volkswagen group vehicle) was notorious for parasitic draw and eating batteries... Plus you had to remove the driver seat to swap it, big PITA.