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Old 08-19-2016, 01:28 PM   #1
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Dead Battery Question

A recent ACL reconstruction has had me down for several weeks, and the battery in the Boxster, which I suspect was nearing end-of-life to begin with, is nearly dead. There was enough juice to lower the window when I opened the car door manually, but I'm going to buy a new battery this weekend.

I know it's advisable to keep power to the car when the battery is removed, either through the fuse panel or with a cigarette lighter adapter/charger, but would it hurt anything to simply keep my trickle charger connected to the battery leads when I remove the battery? Would that provide sufficient juice to keep the DCM and radio from going whacky? Any concerns with doing this?

Electrical is my weak point...

Thanks!
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