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This goes out mostly to those who optioned in for the above...better still if you're a short trips/infrequent usage driver.
Do you find--independent of whether you love it, hate it, or are indifferent--that ESS won't engage in your vehicles unless you routinely hook them up to a trickle charger when parked?
I don't have the option in this thread's subject title. I find that trickle charging my 3.6L Sahara JL when parked at home is a necessary part of keeping ESS working. It's not that I love ESS but fear its failure may be product of flaws in vehicle design, or failure of other components within the vehicle manifesting themselves with the kind of battery depletion that doesn't strand the rig, but does cause enough depletion in battery power that short of taking long trips where the alternator has opportunity to recharge the batteries, ESS stops engaging.
With the larger 240 amp alternator of the subject title's option, along with the 700 amp (main) battery, I wonder if its owners fair better--rephrase: I wonder if this "option" should have been "standard."
Thanks.
Do you find--independent of whether you love it, hate it, or are indifferent--that ESS won't engage in your vehicles unless you routinely hook them up to a trickle charger when parked?
I don't have the option in this thread's subject title. I find that trickle charging my 3.6L Sahara JL when parked at home is a necessary part of keeping ESS working. It's not that I love ESS but fear its failure may be product of flaws in vehicle design, or failure of other components within the vehicle manifesting themselves with the kind of battery depletion that doesn't strand the rig, but does cause enough depletion in battery power that short of taking long trips where the alternator has opportunity to recharge the batteries, ESS stops engaging.
With the larger 240 amp alternator of the subject title's option, along with the 700 amp (main) battery, I wonder if its owners fair better--rephrase: I wonder if this "option" should have been "standard."
Thanks.
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