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Originally Posted by pete c
Does keeping them monitor plugged in all the time consume much power? Might be a good idea? Or at least set it up so that you can switch it on/off frequently to see how things are doing.
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They take up basically no power at at all. They are bright red LED volt meters.
It's just annoying having them plugged in, and ever since the new batteries went in I haven't felt the need to very often. A better tool would a small monochromatic display that would stay on at all times - inconspicuously installed in the center console or something.
I will be much quicker to use it when I sense something is wrong from now on. We'll chalk this up to another learning experience.
The car has now been plugged in for almost 13 hours and the dead pair still isn't fully charged - presently at 14.5V @ 10A, so they should be done soon.