Battery Keeper advice

1BimmerNut · 11-01-2013, 02:34 AM

Hi,
I am using a battery keeper now as i only drive it weekends and it has been slow to start.
Week 1
I removed the boot light and propped open the floor matt and kept the boot open all week. Anyone else using one - ideally I was thinking about setting up a perm connection that sits in the boot and then attach the wires, close the boot. Anyone see any danger here with gas build up - Anyone else using a battery keeper? I noted when you close the boot you get that electrical noise that indicates a shutdown so there must be something else besides the boot light that the system is monitoring.

DR-JEKL · 11-01-2013, 04:45 AM

Umm you do know that the +ve and ground post is in the engine bay right?? (even though the battery is in the boot?)

1BimmerNut · 11-01-2013, 03:24 PM

I do know that now - thanks

DR-JEKL · 11-01-2013, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by 1BimmerNut

I do know that now - thanks

Problem fixed haha

135i2 · 11-01-2013, 09:26 PM

I have a trickle charger permanently set up via the boot. I just plug the car into the charger and close the boot. Whole system organised by Advan and works a treat. Otherwise the electrical system just drains the battery. On my 3rd battery since new.

11-01-2013, 02:34 AM	#1
1BimmerNut Private First Class 16 Rep 176 Posts Drives: 135i then 130i now F20-125 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	Battery Keeper advice Hi, I am using a battery keeper now as i only drive it weekends and it has been slow to start. Week 1 I removed the boot light and propped open the floor matt and kept the boot open all week. Anyone else using one - ideally I was thinking about setting up a perm connection that sits in the boot and then attach the wires, close the boot. Anyone see any danger here with gas build up - Anyone else using a battery keeper? I noted when you close the boot you get that electrical noise that indicates a shutdown so there must be something else besides the boot light that the system is monitoring.
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DR-JEKL Major General 900 Rep 6,285 Posts Drives: Space Grey E92 335i 6MT Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Newcastle Ozstraylia iTrader: (3)	Umm you do know that the +ve and ground post is in the engine bay right?? (even though the battery is in the boot?)
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1BimmerNut Private First Class 16 Rep 176 Posts Drives: 135i then 130i now F20-125 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	Ha I do know that now - thanks
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135i2 Lieutenant 106 Rep 419 Posts Drives: Join Date: Oct 2008 iTrader: (0)	I have a trickle charger permanently set up via the boot. I just plug the car into the charger and close the boot. Whole system organised by Advan and works a treat. Otherwise the electrical system just drains the battery. On my 3rd battery since new. __________________ 135i - RHD Bottom Mount Single Turbo - GTX3584RS
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