Car Charger

[QbanCgar]

this might be a dumb question, but will leaving my phone's car charger plugged into the power socket drain my battery? just don't want to come out 1 morning & my battery dead b/c i left the charger plugged in.

 

[toms89]

this might be a dumb question, but will leaving my phone's car charger plugged into the power socket drain my battery? just don't want to come out 1 morning & my battery dead b/c i left the charger plugged in.

If you have before with no issues chances are you will be fine.

But I would say it depends on the condition of the battery, length of time and load for your particular charger.

I have gps in my work van and leave it plugged in all the time. Have gone up to a week with out running it and it always starts right up.

 

[QbanCgar]

well i just use it for my phone. so whenever i'm not in my truck the charger stays plugged in w/o anything plugged into it.

 

[Thermo]

You should be fine. To put things into perspective, to even charge a fully dead cell phone battery, it will take about 1.5 amp hours to do this. Your truck battery has 80 amp-hours of storage. So, that little bit that you take out is insignificant. The clarifier that I will put on this is if you leave the truck off for a few days. Then the losses from the computers inside the truck running with the phone on top could possibly start leading to issues. But, I doubt you would leave your phone inside the truck charging like that.

 

[GAINMOB]

Not should be fine...WILL BE FINE...I've had my truck for 8yrs and keep my charger in...never take it out...and I have a system in my truck and a bunch of lights...NO PROBS

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[QbanCgar]

cool thanks Free & Thermo. i was just curious b/c i know in the previous car that i owned (Saab 9-5 wagon) the charger only worked w/ the key was turned to the "ON" position. i didn't think it would be a biggie, i was just curious since i notice the charger light always stays on.

 

[GAINMOB]

no prob... just one of the 2 things i know

 

[ydopen]

Ive left mine sitting in the yard without being cranked for 3 weeks and it fired up like a 2012 model.

 

[GAINMOB]

3 months for me while away for training

 

[Captain Morgan]

71lb lead acid battery @800 CCA\80+AH vs a 8 gram cell phone battery @ 1150mah



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[QbanCgar]

thanks Capt....cheers to you!