[VHFcontesting] Rover Battery Questions

[Sean Waite]

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 at 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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