Ferrari Mailing List: Re: bloody 308 battery.....

[Martin Stark (MStark]

Note: I park my boat on its trailer from Oct. to May with the 3 year old 
(starting not deep discharge) battery installed, but disconnected.  
After a  l-o-n-g  New England winter it starts right up.
There is a current drain that's ruining your day - use your meter and 
find it.

Gavin wrote:

> I blow up my work van yesterday and thought "no worries I will drive the 
> Ferrari" but the battery was dead flat.... again!
> The battery is such a pain to get to that I am thinking of a couple of 
> mods....
>
> One is hooking up two wires just under the hood connected to the terminals 
> (positive very well protected from arcing) for connecting the charger... 
> without having to take out the water bottle, spare wheel and cover....
>
> And also thinking of fitting a marine type battery shut off swtich under the 
> hood so the clock and such do not drain the battery after a few a weeks.
> With my Rolls that is easy... just pop boot (trunk to you US people) pull 
> the velcro cover off and pull the earth off the battery.
>
> Battery is 6 months old... but the car is geting left used because of the 
> rain we are having here this winter in NZ!!!  damn it...
>
> I did get it going late today after taking the battery to the auto 
> electrical guy to charge it as it was so flat my toy charger would not touch 
> it!
>
> Had a great drive home :)  The noise and surge of power in thrid was a real 
> buzz!!!
>
> Gavin
> New Zealand
> '78 308 GTB
>
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