488 Charger

How long, approximately, can you leave a 488 without the battery conditioner plugged in and it still start?


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Depends ...... no more than 2 weeks in may case

 

Guys, put a master switch and kill the battery, problem solved!


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Or charge it 24/7 and it still may fail. Ask me how I know?

 

Going on 2 years, and no problem.

Don't even know where my Ferrari OEM battery conditioner is, to be honest.

 

Please contact Guinness Book of World records and get it registered ! Your car is certainly an anomaly.

 

It’s the unintended consequence of enjoying your Ferrari everyday, or nearly everyday.

 

Initial Q:

How long, approximately, can you leave a 488 without the battery conditioner plugged in and it still start?

Most owners experience that their car needs to be on the trickler (almost) always.

Reason: there seem to be over 100 small ECU's in our 458. And a trickler only trickles ...

So I chucked away that thing and use one from our local shop that charges up to 6 Amps if needed.

No more problems ... here.

 

if you start your car every day or every other day for a bit, you should be fine for a long time. Ive noticed the need to plug in the trickle charger after the battery gets slightly older say 2 years +..I only plug it in when I know I won't be starting the car for over a week or so.

 

I would love to but just dont have the time. Its once a week for me. And even with that and 24/7 on the tender , 1 battery down so far.

 

I try to drive every week...but still leave it on the trickle charger. My battery is now almost a year old. My 2019 went into service October 2018 and the factory battery was still working but showing signs of weakening after 2yrs so I replaced it with a Interstage AMG. Longest for me is 3 days not on the charger but I was driving it everyday for those 3-4 days.