In a former life I worked for Johnson Controls in their battery division .
Oem batteries are not the top of the line in quality, the good old lowest
bidder.
Keep them clean, full of water, and clean the terminals.
I like Optima batteries but I do not always like the price.
You would probably be horrified to know that in my Rover set up in my
pickup I have a #10 wiring harness that runs from my pickup battery into
the truck and then I run to 2 group 24 deep cycle batteries with a battery
booster.
I run both of the radios with the battery booster but I run all amplifiers
direct to the batteries. It's been working fine for years and I'm not going
to reinvent the wheel.
K7SWS Steve
On Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 2:03 PM Sean Waite <waisean@gmail.com> wrote:
> I left the dome light on for a week in an airport parking lot in my 2013
> outback. Turns out that'll kill your battery and also it's hard to find a
> jump at 1am. Other than that no issues so far.
>
> Sean WA1TE
>
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 11:14 Jonesy W3DHJ via VHFcontesting <
> vhfcontesting@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 20 Dec 2018, Steve(K1IIG) wrote:
> >
> > > I know a lot of Rovers use Subarus and wonder if there are any battery
> > > problems with them.
> >
> > 2016 Subaru XV Crosstrek here (2103 Crosstrek before that -- long
> > story.) Never any battery issues - though I have twice run the battery
> > flat due to idiot operator snafus.
> >
> > > I have a 2017 Outback and have had the battery die over night twice
> > > after leaving a dome light on. I measured it at 600ma and when out the
> > > drain is only 40-50ma which is normal.
> >
> > I have left both the 2013 and 2016 Subaru in an airport parking lot for
> > over 3 weeks at a time with No Issues. With the always-on "security"
> > system in the vehicle, I was hesitant. Again, never any battery issue.
> >
> > > It charges at 14.2v which also is normal. There are pages of
> > > complaints on the internet about batteries dying for no explainable
> > > reason. Anyone know of a fix for this?
> >
> > I would believe a "bigger" post factory-installed battery would be a lot
> > "beefier".
> >
> > > I have a 2017 Outback and have had the battery die over night twice
> > > after leaving a dome light on.
> >
> > A fix for leaving the dome light on? :-) Ya, sure .... :-)
> >
> > > I figure if anyone knows about battery issues it would be the Rovers.
> >
> > See my Rover Sagas web page for dead battery stories and solar panel
> > solution:
> > https://w3dhj.net/vhfrover_sagas.html
> >
> > HTH es 73
> > Jonesy
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