Battery issues?

Just out of interest, im paranoid about flat batteries so i simply plug in the ctek charger about once a month and leave it on charge for a few days. The D4 seems to not charge itself like the old cars do. I cant have the radio on as after a few minutes i get the battery low voltage warning.
I wouldnt go changing batteries yet, just give it a good charge with a good charger.
cheers
Steve

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Originally Posted by shining

This was the first time I have any issues like that. Warm weather is coming so I can persevere.

If I turn the interior lights off as suggested by Admiral once I RTFM and leave the key out of the ignition will that stop the system from waking up if doors are opened and closed?

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Yes, should do, and you can check by obviously looking for any interior lamps on, and if any indicator lamps are on in the instrument pod.

Another one I just thought of. If you have a CB wired into your main, and are leaving it on to monitor, it will also run your battery down. I have to have the radio in standby quite often, ( Icom - which have a bit of a rep for being power hungry ) and have now wired it to the aux battery, through a fuse panel.

When parked up remote camping or fiddling about I generally leave one door slightly ajar ie not completley shut.

The D4 electonics shuts down after a few minutes and any body can open and close the doors as much as they like and vehicle won't wake up. The auto light OFF is also used.