[S.T.A.R.]

Do you guys think the battery trunk cover could have been somewhat larger?
WTF.

[Yves ZL1]

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[17rsvert]

Much easier to charge by using the positive and negative lugs near the fuse box under the hood.

[Glen e]

Go get a battery pigtail from battery tender… 5 bucks. Takeoff the side cover and the larger right hand cover once, and wire the battery… Have The pigtail coming out of the small cover… Never have to mess with this stuff again…

[waterman]

Originally Posted by 17rsvert

Much easier to charge by using the positive and negative lugs near the fuse box under the hood.

^This^

[sengli]

Not sure what they were intending on the battery access cover in the trunk. Its too small to accomplish much of anything. I run my tender connections thru the trunk area. Just pop the trunk, and plug it in. To install the pigtail connections I removed the passenger side trunk cover to access the battery... to properly bolt the connections up initially.

I my opinion its a lot easier than popping the hood to access the terminals there.

[17rsvert]

Originally Posted by sengli

Not sure what they were intending on the battery access cover in the trunk. Its too small to accomplish much of anything. I run my tender connections thru the trunk area. Just pop the trunk, and plug it in. To install the pigtail connections I removed the passenger side trunk cover to access the battery... to properly bolt the connections up initially.

I my opinion its a lot easier than popping the hood to access the terminals there.

I don't run a battery tender, but if my car sits for 3 weeks or so, I hook it up to my full size charger for several hours as a precaution just to top it off. The charger sits in the garage close enough to the car to attach the cables to the lugs where it sits. Easy.
I don't see much difference between popping the hood or popping the trunk, and I didn't need to install pigtails.

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by sengli

Not sure what they were intending on the battery access cover in the trunk. Its too small to accomplish much of anything.

I think it's only meant to provide an easy way to disconnect the negative terminal. The liner needs to come out for anything else.

[Chris 2018 ZL1 A10]

My guesses for why GM located the battery in the trunk:

1. Better weight distribution.
2. Crowded engine compartment.
3. Less hostile environment for battery.

I use the Camaro battery tender regularly and use the leads under the hood.

Chris

[IntimidatorZ]

Originally Posted by 17rsvert

Much easier to charge by using the positive and negative lugs near the fuse box under the hood.

+1

[Yves ZL1]

Just two questions about disconnecting battery.

i would like to disconnect thé battery un thé trunk when the car is garage kept too longer.

1
can I just disconnect thé negative or must I have to disconect negative plus thé positivé one ?

2 if i disconnect thé battery, are my settings all kept ? (For example : the seats positions memories..)

[17rsvert]

Originally Posted by Yves ZL1

Just two questions about disconnecting battery.

i would like to disconnect thé battery un thé trunk when the car is garage kept too longer.

1
can I just disconnect thé negative or must I have to disconect negative plus thé positivé one ?

2 if i disconnect thé battery, are my settings all kept ? (For example : the seats positions memories..)

1 Yes you can disconnect only the negative. Make sure the battery is fully charged before disconnecting, partially drained batteries lose life when stored.
2 I believe most of the settings are retained, but some things might need to be reset like the window indexing.

[Yves ZL1]

Originally Posted by 17rsvert

1 Yes you can disconnect only the negative. Make sure the battery is fully charged before disconnecting, partially drained batteries lose life when stored.
2 I believe most of the settings are retained, but some things might need to be reset like the window indexing.

Great thanks for your answer 17rsvert

Mine was toasted because when the car was shipped they didn’t disconnect thé battery but just thé fuses box.....

[Yves ZL1]

Hi everybody

I’m back on this because for important question.
I would like to buy a battery tender but ... if I’m right thé tension used in Canada is 110 v...
De have 220 v in France ... so i would like to buy a «*intelligent*» tender but if i get it from canada could I plugg it in a french electrical outlet ?
Thanks