Thread: Sitting Idle
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Old 05-07-2008, 09:17 AM
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Default Re: Sitting Idle

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Originally Posted by backupguy View Post
This may seem like a silly question, but what happens if I am parked with the TCH in "ready" mode (turned on) for a long period of time.

I was sitting in my car in Ready Mode playing around in the car, talking on the phone and the battery just kept getting lower and lower. The ICE never really kicked in to charge things.

What happens if I sit like this too long? Will the battery die? Will the ICE keep things charged?

As an example, my wife goes into a store to shop and I want to sit in the car (with the AC on) until she returns to the car. Am I hurting the car or risking a dead battery?
The ICE will eventually come on, usually as the battery guage gets to 2 bars (green) on the NAV display. Once it gets a few bars up in the blue, it will then shut off, continuing to cycle this way.
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