Storage question

Shlabby · 02-25-2018, 05:57 AM

Hello all.
I unfortunately my car has been in storage due to the winter.

Hopefully I can get her out to drive in a month or so.

In the mean time I want to put a battery tender on it.

Do I remove the battery or can I put it in a closed trunk?

I want to keep the car cover on it.

Thanks for the help.

Efthreeoh · 02-25-2018, 06:34 AM

Just connect the battery tender to the (+) and (-) jump posts under the hood in the engine compartment.

Slalom · 02-26-2018, 07:42 AM

I have used a battery tender each winter since 2005. I have one of the BMW units that connects to the cigarette lighter. Fortunately the E85 cigarette lighter was designed for this and does not go to sleep after the car shuts down.

Huz-Z · 02-26-2018, 01:05 PM

I connect mine to the battery terminals, gently close the trunk, cover and count the days until spring.

Roadroach · 02-26-2018, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Huz-Z

......and count the days until spring.

Heh. Central Texas for the win.

Huz-Z · 02-26-2018, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Roadroach

Heh. Central Texas for the win.

My wife works with a lot of very fine folks in her company’s Houston office and if things weren’t so busy for her we might be visiting there right now. Would love to see the place some time.

In the meantime, spring is worth the wait !

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Shlabby · 03-04-2018, 03:03 PM

My battery power tender has an end I can hard wire in under the hood.

Unfortunately the positive looks to big to be able to put the end on it.

Any suggestions or is there an alternative spot for the positive?

Thanks for any help.

3798j · 03-04-2018, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Shlabby

My battery power tender has an end I can hard wire in under the hood.

Unfortunately the positive looks to big to be able to put the end on it.

Under the positive jump post is a threaded stud...that's where I attached mine. I needed to splice a longer (about 18") length of wire because I wanted it to run to the base of the windshield. There's a negative ground stud on the firewall.

Shlabby · 03-11-2018, 02:29 PM

Thank you 3798j (if that is your real name).

Nice clean install.

02-25-2018, 05:57 AM	#1
Shlabby New Member 2 Rep 16 Posts Drives: Z4 Join Date: May 2017 Location: Ontario iTrader: (0)	Storage question Hello all. I unfortunately my car has been in storage due to the winter. Hopefully I can get her out to drive in a month or so. In the mean time I want to put a battery tender on it. Do I remove the battery or can I put it in a closed trunk? I want to keep the car cover on it. Thanks for the help.
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Efthreeoh General 17204 Rep 18,694 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	Just connect the battery tender to the (+) and (-) jump posts under the hood in the engine compartment. __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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Slalom Major 509 Rep 1,345 Posts Drives: 04 Z4, 18 X3 M40i Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ottawa and Collelongo (AQ) Italy iTrader: (0) Garage List 2004 Z4 [0.00] 2018 BMW X3 M40i [10.00]	I have used a battery tender each winter since 2005. I have one of the BMW units that connects to the cigarette lighter. Fortunately the E85 cigarette lighter was designed for this and does not go to sleep after the car shuts down.
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Huz-Z Brigadier General 846 Rep 4,057 Posts Drives: Z4 3.0si, 328 XDrive, X5 35i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	I connect mine to the battery terminals, gently close the trunk, cover and count the days until spring. __________________ Huz-Z BMW Z4 3.0si Roadster. Montego Blue Metallic. Premium and Sport Package.
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Shlabby New Member 2 Rep 16 Posts Drives: Z4 Join Date: May 2017 Location: Ontario iTrader: (0)	My battery power tender has an end I can hard wire in under the hood. Unfortunately the positive looks to big to be able to put the end on it. Any suggestions or is there an alternative spot for the positive? Thanks for any help.
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Shlabby New Member 2 Rep 16 Posts Drives: Z4 Join Date: May 2017 Location: Ontario iTrader: (0)	Thank you 3798j (if that is your real name). Nice clean install.
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