Nope. Quiescent drain is what's drawn by the car once it's sleeping (alarms, clocks, ICE etc)
Chemical drain is the natural loss of charge when battery is sitting. Temps and environment affect this.
Lpgc wrote:
Quiescent drain will depend on the size of the battery?
OK, guess what? It's still in the transport depot in Chelmsford and I've been fed another line of bullshit. Creative bullshit, yes, but total bullshit nonetheless.
Looks like I'm going to have to travel up there, prise my deposit back from them and drive the bloody thing back. Really reluctant to do that 'cos its pretty much been sitting for a year, just voyaging out to pass the MOT. Don't really want to risk wrecking it running 300 miles on old oil, non greased joints, stagnant petrol etc.
Bugger
Just what my ex-girlfriend did. She was doing it to earn money too.
Perhaps I should write a book about how not to buy a car from beginning to end, except of course, the end isn't here yet.
Apparently it's sleeping in a lay-by with the transporter driver at the moment.
If he's got to have his 11 hour rest period, should be back on the road sometime around 8, allegedly...
The little unregulated one's are OK for short term use (wouldn't leave one on for months). There's a small risk of overcooking your battery, but only if you left it in the desert for ages with it on full output. They're reputed to be weatherproof too so could sit outside a cover.
I'm sure enough light gets through sunroof glass, even with the etching, to keep a small panel happy. After all, quiescent current drain is only 20mA so there's only the chemical discharge thing going on.
:) Tony
Can't fit transporter up the lane to my house, or if it made it up, you'd never be able to reverse it out again!
This:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/30w-solar-panel-n97df
and this:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/12v-30a-solar-charge-regulator-n28kr
are the closest "modern" equivalents I can find to the 5 year old (and still going strong) system I have.
Not sure about weatherproofing though. On mine it's inside the sunroof.
Well, we'll see. Not here yet...
It's a Zavoli Alesi sequential apparently
Good news is I've got a 5 gallon Jerry can. Bad news is it's only got around a gallon of petrol in it :)
Ta Sloth
What make is your system?
Well apparently mine is on the trailer and on the road!
Started and drove onto transporter, but is seriously low on petrol (1/2 tank lpg indicated though).
Is there a way of force starting on lpg like you can on singlepoint, with the caveats around burning out fuel pump if run tank empty. Only has to do 300m from drop off point in village square...
Sh!ply
Never had a problem with any transport contractors I've used through them in the past and guys feedback was good. Emphasis on the was, now!
Nope. Guy's not replying to my calls either.
Seriously considering reporting it stolen...
True- Hamilton, Rosberg or take delivery of car?
Tough call...
So Clive
Did you have a look at the Vogue that I passed you the details on? What did you think, in the flesh?
Welcome Colin. Great product the Evo- makes it possible to keep our NQD's on the road and out of the dealerships, not that main dealers like to touch them anyway!
It's a royal pain Tony, that's for sure.
A broken promise....
Now moved to Sunday.
Not necessarily.
Don't forget mine's only on a promise to be here tomorrow