Removal of battery - affects?

[Hugo-]

Seeing as I haven't used my cup since I bought it a month ago I figured removing the battery would be a good idea as I don't have a trickle charger.

Any affects of doing this?

Matt

 

[Justin]

I'd just get a trickle charger..

 

[Russ_16v]

its suprisng how long a battery will last if your going to be using it soon i wouldnt worry,if its going to be laid up for a while then get a trickle charger

 

[How15]

my clio sat in a garage for 6 months and still started first time mate, i wouldn't worry.

 

[JoedotwasT5phy]

More importantly - why the merry feck haven't you used it yet??

 

[Struggler]

its only worth removing the battery if its going to sit for a long time,
(years)

we've got a car in the garage, no battery, brake fluid, oil or water in it
bt thats been there for about 10 years now

 

[john182rs]

well my battery died after 9 months of being still. Just had to buy a new one now and got fed a load of bollx about it being a coded immob and not allowed todo it myself.

 

[Rich]

My old 182 battery went flat after only 6 odd weeks of no use, lived on a trickle charger after that.

 

[Martin_172]

my 172 been in the garage for 5 months without start, fired it up first time yesterday no problem

 

[polarbert]

well my battery died after 9 months of being still. Just had to buy a new one now and got fed a load of bollx about it being a coded immob and not allowed todo it myself.

The thing is though they are really tetchy about doing things if they think it might go wrong. They don't know about any cars and only go from experience. The experience in your case was that they did one a few days ago and buggered it up so they assume the same might happen again.

 

[martandem]

Mine died after about 6 months of no real use, although we did start it regularly and drive it up and down the road. When it went i was told i'd damaged the immobiliser and electrics by trying to jump start... bought a new Bosch battery and bob was my uncle, all sorted. My recommendation would be to disconnect if you are going to have any length of time sitting idle, for the sake of a couple of minutes undoing the connections its worth it to keep your battery that much more in shape...

 

[Hugo-]

More importantly - why the merry feck haven't you used it yet??

Got a few bits to do to it before I can venture out in it. Plus, not tax, MOT.

Doing bits slowly but surely.

 

[Martin_172]

Mine died after about 6 months of no real use, although we did start it regularly and drive it up and down the road.

apparently it takes up to 20 minutes driving to recharge the power used to start the car once, or so i was told

 

[polarbert]

apparently it takes up to 20 minutes driving to recharge the power used to start the car once, or so i was told

That sounds like a bit of fact bending to me. It might use that much power, but whats to say how much capacity the battery has? You could start the car 1,000 times and it might not empty the battery.

Oh and I'm not having a go at you! My post seems a bit negative but its not meant that way.

 

[martandem]

apparently it takes up to 20 minutes driving to recharge the power used to start the car once, or so i was told

If it is true then that explains why my battery completely died!