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[CTScott]

Charge the battery and it will probably be fine for a while. The Yaris draws enough while sitting powered off to kill the battery in 2-3 weeks. For extended storage it's not a bad idea to either disconnect the battery or connect it to a maintenance charger.

[TEHxFALLEN V1.2]

Originally Posted by Shinare

for light weight, i've seen others on here use a brail battery.

Yeah, but those are quite pricey lol.

Originally Posted by CTScott

Charge the battery and it will probably be fine for a while. The Yaris draws enough while sitting powered off to kill the battery in 2-3 weeks. For extended storage it's not a bad idea to either disconnect the battery or connect it to a maintenance charger.

Whoah.. thanks for clearing that up ctscott. I was checking up on my car every now and then and noticed the car having a hard time starting up around the 4th week of sitting. That makes a lot of sense now to me.

What you do you think about wiring in a battery kill switch to "disable" the battery while it sits? Would be easier than busting out tools each time to tighten and uptighten the battery terminal cable.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by TEHxFALLEN V1.2

Yeah, but those are quite pricey lol.



Whoah.. thanks for clearing that up ctscott. I was checking up on my car every now and then and noticed the car having a hard time starting up around the 4th week of sitting. That makes a lot of sense now to me.

What you do you think about wiring in a battery kill switch to "disable" the battery while it sits? Would be easier than busting out tools each time to tighten and uptighten the battery terminal cable.

A battery disconnect switch is not a bad idea, especially if you have a strut bar making it hard to get the battery terminal off.