Leaving the car unlocked

[Steve Kaye]

I dont lock my car ( ZS EV) at home
Ive gone way for 10 days and left it unlocked with no detrimental effects

 

[Ian Key]

I like this idea ?. How long do emergency battery packs stay charged?

It depends on the quality of the battery pack. I've got a Noco one from Amazon and it recommends charging it up every 3 months. In that time it has only lost a little of its charge.

I put a reoccurring reminder in my calender to charge it up.

 

[Joningy]

I like this idea ?. How long do emergency battery packs stay charged?

I charge it up every 3 or 4 months, but last week after 4 months it was still showing 75% charge, so I imagine it would still do the job on an EV.

I charge it up every 3 or 4 months, but last week after 4 months it was still showing 75% charge, so I imagine it would still do the job on an EV.

I also bought a cheap head torch to keep in the jump starter case, that's just in case by sods law it's dark when I'm trying to get get it kick started

 

[pollenface]

Same thing that my other car does.

Sits there and does nothing.

 

[Joningy]

Remember also to keep the jump pack in an easily accessible place, DEFINITELY NOT in the boot as this is difficult to access with no battery power.

I have posted previously that although I haden't touched my car for a couple of days and it's not connected to the wall charger the 12v battery has shown a charge of 14.7v in the app and then steadily reducing to 12.4 volts.

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That's an interesting screenshot of the (presumably) MG4 vehicle status, mine (late October 23) is totally different as screenshot shows. y

 

[tsedge]

There are different app versions and skins. Mine looks like the second example.

 

[Joningy]

It should do, did you press the boost button beforehand?

No boost button, it's supposed to be able to cope with a larger ICE engine, than 2 litres, my fear of it's inability was realised.