Can smart charge be disabled?
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Lee will pay anything to turn his late model F-150 into a Model T!
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Problematic electric steering, an air dam that hangs down 6", "smart" charging that won't charge the battery 100%, vacuum hub system that fails....and it's still a 15 MPG truck anyhow. What exactly was Ford thinking? It really is irritating.
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Did some Internet searching on Smart Charge. The funny thing is it was supposed to extend battery life when in fact it does just the opposite. It might work fine for those who drive their vehicle everyday. But many of us don't. I won't let mine sit for more then 2 days in the winter and three or four in the summer. Many unnecessary trips just to keep the battery charged.
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Did some Internet searching on Smart Charge. The funny thing is it was supposed to extend battery life when in fact it does just the opposite. It might work fine for those who drive their vehicle everyday. But many of us don't. I won't let mine sit for more then 2 days in the winter and three or four in the summer. Many unnecessary trips just to keep the battery charged.
I also use the same one when storing my Mustang for the winter.
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I don't know why people are having trouble with this. My truck sits for weeks at a time in summer and winter both, more so in the winter. The only time I've had any problem was my own fault, my truck sat for better than a month in single digit temps and less, yep, the batt was dead and I had to jump it. That happened twice, I'm a slow learner.
I plan on just leaving things alone. Like most electronic/computer things I'm not friendly with, or they with me.
I do have a trickle charger mounted next to the batt, but I don't remember if I've ever used it. And I do have to reroute the ground connection off the batt and to a body ground. Haven't gotten around to that either.
I plan on just leaving things alone. Like most electronic/computer things I'm not friendly with, or they with me.
I do have a trickle charger mounted next to the batt, but I don't remember if I've ever used it. And I do have to reroute the ground connection off the batt and to a body ground. Haven't gotten around to that either.
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Did some Internet searching on Smart Charge. The funny thing is it was supposed to extend battery life when in fact it does just the opposite. It might work fine for those who drive their vehicle everyday. But many of us don't. I won't let mine sit for more then 2 days in the winter and three or four in the summer. Many unnecessary trips just to keep the battery charged.
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I don't know why people are having trouble with this. My truck sits for weeks at a time in summer and winter both, more so in the winter. The only time I've had any problem was my own fault, my truck sat for better than a month in single digit temps and less, yep, the batt was dead and I had to jump it. That happened twice, I'm a slow learner.
I plan on just leaving things alone. Like most electronic/computer things I'm not friendly with, or they with me.
I do have a trickle charger mounted next to the batt, but I don't remember if I've ever used it. And I do have to reroute the ground connection off the batt and to a body ground. Haven't gotten around to that either.
I plan on just leaving things alone. Like most electronic/computer things I'm not friendly with, or they with me.
I do have a trickle charger mounted next to the batt, but I don't remember if I've ever used it. And I do have to reroute the ground connection off the batt and to a body ground. Haven't gotten around to that either.
The dealership was nice enough to move my trickle charger connection to a ground point when they replaced the battery a couple of weeks ago, due to a bad cell.
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I have let mine sit for a week and no problems starting it. Also have listened to the radio for 20 minutes with the truck off and not had any problems. Battery is the original and have had the truck over 3 yrs.