Hi, everyone. I've seen a few things in the archive about how leave the Volt for a month or longer. I'm going away on business for a month and trying to find the best way to leave my 2015 Volt. I found the method below form a few years back. Is this still viable? Any recommendations?
Thanks,
C.
" Run the main battery down.
Plug into the "slow" charge cord (supplied with the car).
Set the charge scheduler to recognize only Sat and Sun as allowable charge days by telling it to only charge off-peak and set those days as "off peak".
Set the charge timer to 15 minutes.
Now the car will *want* to get charged (its empty), but it can only charge for 15 minutes each day for two days a week (30 min/week total). While the main battery is being charged, the 12v battery will be topped off too. Because the car takes 10 hour to fully charge using the slow charge cord, you could keep the car and it's 12v battery "trickle charging" like this for 20 weeks of vacation (10 hrs/.5 hrs per week = 20 weeks). At week 20 the main battery will be fully charged and the 12v will no longer be maintained by the main battery."
Thanks,
C.
" Run the main battery down.
Plug into the "slow" charge cord (supplied with the car).
Set the charge scheduler to recognize only Sat and Sun as allowable charge days by telling it to only charge off-peak and set those days as "off peak".
Set the charge timer to 15 minutes.
Now the car will *want* to get charged (its empty), but it can only charge for 15 minutes each day for two days a week (30 min/week total). While the main battery is being charged, the 12v battery will be topped off too. Because the car takes 10 hour to fully charge using the slow charge cord, you could keep the car and it's 12v battery "trickle charging" like this for 20 weeks of vacation (10 hrs/.5 hrs per week = 20 weeks). At week 20 the main battery will be fully charged and the 12v will no longer be maintained by the main battery."