I will be parking my '99 truck for 5 weeks. I believe I read somewhere that there is a slow battery drain that will cause me problems if the truck is not run for 20 days or so. What should I do to my truck so that when I return, I will have no battery issues & all memories are in tact? I might be able to put a trickle charger on a timer & run it a few hours each day??? What have you done that will work for me?
Thanks,
TJT

 

Want about one of those solar panels the you can hook up to your power point. I think they are about 5 watts or something, just lay it on the dash and plug it in and it should keep the batterys up. Just a thought, is the truck going to be outside or in. If inside just pick up a battery tender, we have a couple of those and they work great.

 

Just disconnect the batteries, all you will lose is the clock and radio station settings.

 

You can plug in a Battery Minder 24/7/365, and it conditions (desuficates) your batteries.

 

These are all easy solutions. I have access to a battery tender. If I can figure out how to leave it hooked up for 5 weeks without it getting stolen... , that will probably be my choice.
Thanks to all...
TJT

 

mount the battery tender under the hood and run the cord under the hood also and tie the cord in a knot under the hood so some on can't just unplug and run off with the cord, and not plug it back in. I have left battery tenders on ou years. no damage done, and that was with checking the level of water 1 time, probaly shold look and the water level more but other than that alls well

 

Don't think you have much to worry about. Our truck sat for about 3 month. Nothing hooked up to it, Just parked it. Came back and it fired right up, not the best thing to do, sometimes notmuch choice.

 

dssimecek, That is what I was thinking. Maybe not much to worry about. However, I thought I read somewhere... maybe in the service book that something died after 20 days I have a hard time believing the radio, clock, & other computer functions would suck the batteries dry in 5 weeks. Even so, I'll probably do as fox man4 did. Tie it all up under the hood.
Thanks to all....
TJT

 

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...allpartial/0/0

this is what we use on boats. also, i would think it would be a great theft preventative.