I may have to go overseas for 3 months- will my LC be ok just parked? Trickle charge? Anyone know how? Thanks!!
If my LC sits a while
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Trickle charge would be best. It can be hooked to the under-hood jumper point or at the battery itself. When you remove the carpet tray top/upper tray, you will see the lower tray (which also pops straight up and off), then in the rear most area of the exposed floor the are some rather large rubber plugs that I think (IDK) will allow an extension cord to pass through.
If it's gonna sit in a deployment holding yard, I'd just lock it and worry about a jump start when you get home.
If it's gonna sit in a deployment holding yard, I'd just lock it and worry about a jump start when you get home.
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There are wonderful trickle charger available everywhere that do an amp or 1.5 amps. I have used them for years on all my vehicles because....they live on a ranch and I don't except in Spring Summer. With the New 1958 the battery disappeared to the rear left side and I stuck a trickle charger there and cut a whole in the bottom of the removable panel so the 3 prong 110v cable could be accessible. I think all cars that are left for a period of time need to be trickled. In the older cars before this century it seems the clock on the dashes would suck a battery dead. Now with computers that are waiting for you to touch a button it is even more necessary.
Depending on where it’s stored, might not be a bad idea to use the app to remote start the engine a few times as long as it isn’t a hazard with the exhaust fumes. Just enough to warm the engine up so the pistons don’t sit idle for so long and get the oil flowing
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I get trickle charging the 12 volt- what about the big hybrid battery? That concerns me!!
How often?
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In your case, until you complete your move, I'd just disconnect the neg battery cable and connector, that way there would be zero drain on the battery.
I had my GF go out and start it after four weeks of sitting. Then left it running until it shut it self off. She said it started right up, with no CEL anywhere to be seen on the dash, and ran about 4o minutes
.I thought about using my digital key to start it, while still in Florida, but she offered, so I let her. (I wasn’t sure if I could turn it off with the digital key).
I don't think you have to worry about the traction battery for a 3-month layoff. On my 5 previous hybrids, I'd leave them for 6 months at a time and they never had a problem. There was an owner on Priuschat who bought a wrecked Prius. It took him a year to replace all the damaged parts. Once finished, he charged up the 12 volt battery and it started right up, with the traction battery showing about half full.
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