I noticed when connecting the OBD Eleven dongle, that the battery voltage was reading around 11.4v-11.7v when the ignition was active, but engine not running.
I checked the battery terminals with a multimeter, and got a reading of about 11.8v.
These numbers seem quite low, the car runs fine, and the start/stop system works but I wanted to see what others did to keep the battery in good condition.
The manual doesn't recommend charging the battery, and instead taking it to a dealer if battery problems arise from lack of use / intermittent driving.
In the month since we got our car, we have been doing mainly shorter journeys, and I have been letting the car handle the stop/start itself, and we'll have some periods of time where we won't be using the car for long runs.
Would people recommend, just taking the car for a longer motorway blast from time to time, or connecting to a charger now and then to keep things fully charged.
I have a CTEK MX5.0 smart charger that I could connect up to keep things topped up. Does anyone else do this, is there a reason that the manual would not recommend this?
In previous cars, I have connected the positive lead to the positive terminal and the negative to the car chassis to allow any voltage sensing devices to operate correctly - would this be the best solution on the Tarraco too?
The battery I have fitted seems to be a: 6R0 915 105 B - 69Ah - 680A EFB battery. There is a Black / Yellow indicator on top, which is showing black, which indicates that things are all good.
I don't see much in the way of 12v battery discussion, I guess as the car is pretty new to the market, so shouldn't be seeing problems yet.
Thank for any tips in advance,
JD
I checked the battery terminals with a multimeter, and got a reading of about 11.8v.
These numbers seem quite low, the car runs fine, and the start/stop system works but I wanted to see what others did to keep the battery in good condition.
The manual doesn't recommend charging the battery, and instead taking it to a dealer if battery problems arise from lack of use / intermittent driving.
In the month since we got our car, we have been doing mainly shorter journeys, and I have been letting the car handle the stop/start itself, and we'll have some periods of time where we won't be using the car for long runs.
Would people recommend, just taking the car for a longer motorway blast from time to time, or connecting to a charger now and then to keep things fully charged.
I have a CTEK MX5.0 smart charger that I could connect up to keep things topped up. Does anyone else do this, is there a reason that the manual would not recommend this?
In previous cars, I have connected the positive lead to the positive terminal and the negative to the car chassis to allow any voltage sensing devices to operate correctly - would this be the best solution on the Tarraco too?
The battery I have fitted seems to be a: 6R0 915 105 B - 69Ah - 680A EFB battery. There is a Black / Yellow indicator on top, which is showing black, which indicates that things are all good.
I don't see much in the way of 12v battery discussion, I guess as the car is pretty new to the market, so shouldn't be seeing problems yet.
Thank for any tips in advance,
JD