Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Xeno Newsgroups: aus.electronics,aus.cars,alt.home.repair,uk.d-i-y Subject: Re: DIY Electronic Vehicle Rust Prevention Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2024 12:09:56 +1100 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <65dab557@news.ausics.net> <65dadebe@news.ausics.net> <65db345a@news.ausics.net> <65dd0b36@news.ausics.net> <65e79a8a@news.ausics.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net xWzdB3a0z1oJ8jqqD6bBWAg3Gy4aqFfxhTmLLwYEKrqEFHA1pd Cancel-Lock: sha1:PcxNQOPWYpcp5vtLPL1gcIppIaI= sha256:v7YpdjnCD5uZaE7kwgT7XGkup/WI88pAiNBePqsV3EQ= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-AU In-Reply-To: <65e79a8a@news.ausics.net> Xref: csiph.com aus.electronics:35793 aus.cars:364221 alt.home.repair:976408 uk.d-i-y:1199830 On 6/3/2024 9:19 am, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > In aus.electronics Daryl wrote: >> Another aspect to these devices is their power consumption, to work they >> would need to be on 24/7, if a vehicle was parked for long periods of >> time I'd expect that its battery would be drained fairly quickly even >> more so on modern cars that already have power hungry devices such as >> security systems consuming power all the time. >> To prevent battery drain the devices would need to be turned off when >> the car wasn't running which must reduce the possibility of it working >> even further. > > Or just plug it into a top-up charger when parked at home. A small > price to pay if they worked. In fact the Jag needs that anyway if > parked for many weeks because its electronics already pull too much > current while it's parked (a known issue with that model). > One of the subsystems on the Jag isn't dropping into sleep mode. -- Xeno Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing. (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)