New 19 aux battery hasn't charged yet

[desync0]

It's a 19 that's been sitting on the lot for probably 6-7 months, I've only put around 200km on it so far, mostly 10-15min trips, should I bother taking it in since it means I don't have to hit the ESS disable button every time I start the Jeep and there's no codes being thrown?

Any issues if it never charges?

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[FirstF80InSpace]

It won't charge in that time frame. Either drive longer or hook it up to a trickle charger.

 

[desync0]

Any idea how long of a drive it needs?

Not sure how much the battery tender from my bike would like a dual battery setup lol

 

[Bikemobile]

The stock dual batteries are wired in-line and any battery charger should work.

 

[Arterius2]

It's a 19 that's been sitting on the lot for probably 6-7 months, I've only put around 200km on it so far, mostly 10-15min trips, should I bother taking it in since it means I don't have to hit the ESS disable button every time I start the Jeep and there's no codes being thrown?

Any issues if it never charges?

If it were actually sitting completely empty on a lot for 6-7 month, there were already irreversible damage done to the battery cell walls that would prevent it from holding a full charge either way.

Should test the battery for its cca.

 

[desync0]

If it were actually sitting completely empty on a lot for 6-7 month, there were already irreversible damage done to the battery cell walls that would prevent it from holding a full charge either way.

Should test the battery for its CCA.

I'm not sure if it was sitting sitting, it had about 75km on it when I took it for a test drive, but I'm sure those were all 10 minute test drive miles.

I'm off tomorrow, I'll throw my smart charger on it and see if it throws an error.

 

[TravelingMan]

Mine took a few days to develop a full charge to enable the ESS. Just drive it and it will charge sufficiently.

 

[desync0]

So update, checked charge after the Jeep sat all night and it was still sitting at 12.6v so I didn't bother throwing the charger on it.

Went for an hour drive last night on a long road where I could set the cruise around 45mph and it finally switched to ready, ESS activated 4 times on the way home and it was still "ready" when I parked in the driveway, actually it activated while I was putting it in park which was kind of annoying.

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