What happens if LaFer battery goes flat?

Personally I can't see five days being an issue. That said ask Frank and consult the manual.


We had no issues with P 4/5 C when we shipped it to Pebble.

See you guys there.

Best

 

IIRC if it goes completely flat, it has to be replaced which is why all laferrari were flown in and not shipped. They should know at Classic if 5 days is a problem. Miller suggested to always have it plugged if you don't drive it for more than 1 day

 

judging by these pictures, you must be bringing the car from australia?? 5 days is fast on a truck from there!

 

I always chuckle at people who have truckloads of money and cant post pictures. Then I think that maybe if I spent more time working and less time posting pictures maybe I would have the LF and not know how to post it LOL.

Congrats on having a great problem my man.

 

The biggest issue is that the brakes lock up and the car cannot be moved.

There is a special wrench in your toolkit to unlock the brakes, but it is not something that you would ever want to do.

Mark

 

Drive it there - it's a car, after all

 

I can't see the battery discharging being the reason for that, other than extreme caution. Left as a lump NOT connected typically the battery would self-discharge 3% tops in a month if typical of other li-ion.

I wonder how many active/dormant systems the battery is supporting whilst idle for shipping, if any? And after that post shipping whilst idle?

Does the users battery maintenance plug in give the voltage of every cell individually?

I wonder if the battery constructors thought to allow any possible bad cell/s to be bypassed when charging and discharging. Actually they must have as charging a bad (deep discharged) cell is potentially like priming a little bomb.

 

Good question. Congratulations on your LaFerrari. This is a problem I think most of us would love to have.

Perhaps you should ask FNA?

Absent that and if it needs to be charged in transit- I wonder if there exists some kind of external battery it can suck juice out of or if you are willing to hire a transporter to drive just this car out and maybe it takes extra time but while this person sleeps they can plug the car in- so its getting juiced up over night which should fulfill the charging.

Just some random thoughts from the peanut gallery. Gorgeous car.

 

This is what we were told during delivery by the dealer.

 

Fair enough.

 

Would any of you please care to add a copy of the LaFerrari owner manual to this (or another?) public resource:
All Ferraris

 

If you don't use the car for more than 3 days it needs to be connected to prevent damage but if you use the car every day no problem.

 

I bought a screen I can swing left or right upside down just for threads like this one. Money well spent.

 

The Owner's Manual says this:

"If you will not be using the vehicle for more than a week, you must connect the battery conditioner supplied with the vehicle. For further information on the battery conditioner, refer to the special manual included with in the on-board documentation."

 

When I picked mine up from Maranello (and then drove it back to the UK), I was told 5 days max stationary and off charge - after that it's apocalyptic and expensive! However, the batteries recharge really quickly when on the road and moving.

Either:
a. Take the risk and be prepared for the consequences!
b. Drive it there. Or
c. Stop somewhere nice halfway and unload it for a quick spin around the block.

Let us know what happens!!

P.S. Nice roof! Good choice and worth the wait!

 

That's quite funny, but I suppose that's what "LOL" means!

 

I wonder how owners who don't plan on driving feel about that requirement? Are there issues having the batteries always plugged in?

It will be interesting to see what happens when one gets seized or impounded...

 

I took the liberty to straighten up the pictures.

The car is amazing and this is an interesting thread.

I hope you don't mind.

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There must be some sort of UPS one could purchase that would properly supply a trickle charger during transport? I'm not an electrical whiz, maybe such a solution would require an additional line conditioned or capacitor or something, but it seems to me the best way to tend a battery during transport is with another battery.

 

Mike

Are you having Classic Coach truck it out, or are you using Horseless, etc etc (i.e. a reputable carrier)?

I'm not up to date on the latest DOT rules, but the truck will stop for overnights, there must be a way for the driver to plug the charger in. Unless the truck has team drivers, even point-to-point the truck will sit for at least 10 hours a day, maybe you can improvise or arrange something with the driver.

 

The danger is the 480V HY-KERS battery reaching a dangerously low state of charge. The regular 12V Li-On battery is fine, but you can't maintain charge on the HY-KERS battery with an ordinary trickle charger.

If you could get a power socket to plug in the LaF Battery Conditioner...

 

To the OP. There is absolutely no issues in leaving the LF sitting unplugged for a week or so. I travel frequently and do not leave my LF on the charger, ever. Just got back last night after 6 days and took her out for a midnight run. Started right away. Hope that helps..

Ali