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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 06:22 AM
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Batery mantainer inside car, dangerous or not?

Due to professional resons I will have to go out of the Country for three months, so my 997.2 will have to be stored during that period. My car is in a open space garage, not closed box. Itīs not a public building, but thereīs always a chance somebody can enter and stole something. I donīt want to leave the Porsche batery mantainer out of the car for obvious reasons, so my questions is this, itīs dangerous to leave the batery mantainer inside the car together with the eletricity cable plug?
I donīt like this idea at all, so Iīm trying to find a way to took the car to a closed box garage, but before that, would like to hear your opinion. Thanks in advance.
 
Old Sep 28, 2009 | 06:55 AM
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I keep it ouside, over the wheel or inside the air intake in the doubt ....
 
Old Sep 28, 2009 | 12:10 PM
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the battery maintainer will get hot, I would rather leave it plugged to the wall.
 
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Originally Posted by J.Seven
Due to professional resons I will have to go out of the Country for three months, so my 997.2 will have to be stored during that period. My car is in a open space garage, not closed box. Itīs not a public building, but thereīs always a chance somebody can enter and stole something. I donīt want to leave the Porsche batery mantainer out of the car for obvious reasons, so my questions is this, itīs dangerous to leave the batery mantainer inside the car together with the eletricity cable plug?
I donīt like this idea at all, so Iīm trying to find a way to took the car to a closed box garage, but before that, would like to hear your opinion. Thanks in advance.
I am not sure I understand - why don`t you simply disconnect negative wire from a battery as in any other car? Do not close trunk completely after that and close all the doors prior to disconnecting battery.

Even if you close trunk completely it is still possible to open it with disconnected battery, quite a PITA, but possible.
 
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I am not sure I understand - why don`t you simply disconnect negative wire from a battery as in any other car? Do not close trunk completely after that and close all the doors prior to disconnecting battery.

Even if you close trunk completely it is still possible to open it with disconnected battery, quite a PITA, but possible.
This may be a better solution. I would not leave the maintainer inside the car while plugged in.
 
Old Sep 28, 2009 | 03:34 PM
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I am not sure I understand - why don`t you simply disconnect negative wire from a battery as in any other car?
Because I donīt the car sowftware to reset, but maybe youīre right.
 
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Because I donīt the car sowftware to reset, but maybe youīre right.
There's no hard reset. At most you will lose your radio code. No system software flash issues and such.
 
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