Engine run time to keep battery charged

idle vehicle.

reasons from physical issues to insurance to registration and so forth.

eal of water as a product-of-combustion.

then maintain that temperature for some undefined period of time, but one that is sure to remove the water.

the keeping-the-battery-charged requirement in operating time.

enance - oil seals, gaskets, and so forth.

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neighbor to err on the side of caution.

ehicle for a minimum of 15 minutes (or until fully hot) at ~1,000 rpm at le ast every two weeks is probably adequate. Special circumstances may SHORTEN that time (2 weeks), but unlikely that the time would be lengthened by muc h - given 'What we know B'.

ustrated when pepper gets into his fly-poop - but the actual reality on the ground won't change because of that obsession.

I've gone & chilled. No I'm not obsessed, it's just, what's the word, I'm s eeing a long thread of groupthink.

A b) & c) are debateable. Whether B c) results in the need to run it every

2 weeks is at best unlikely.

NT

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And yet, you just had to argue.

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I chose to discuss it. It's how it works here. The notion that an engine has a minimum run time that is when the oil exceeds 100C is a simple fiction. That you object to that doesn't change it.

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Ok, how about a little proof of your assertion? Got a link?

A reputable one preferably.

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I'm seeing a long thread of groupthink.

every 2 weeks is at best unlikely.

has a minimum run time that is when the oil exceeds 100C is a simple fictio n. That you object to that doesn't change it.

OMG, are you guys politicians, OCD engineers, or techno weenies wanna be's? If the OP fretted over all the fly shit in pepper in this thread s/he proba bly never would accomplish the goal. The OP isn't building a Mars rover (be en there, done that) and needs to know quiescent current draw down to the n ano amp,or if it is 0.002 ma or 0.100 ma, or if the OP going to do an oil analysis to determine %of H2O that, if left in the engine long enough will rust away 500 lbs of cast iron and degrade aluminum. Abstraction and pragmatism goes a long way and can save LOTS of time and en ergy: Run the car approximately every 10-14 days, for approximately 20-30 m ins, while varying the rpm every so often but try to keep RPM a around 800-

1000RPM to effectively charge the battery. If oil condition is suspect, change it and filter when the guy gets out of the hospital. Case closed. sheesh dont sweat the small things and don't pe t the furry things....

Given all the overthink that seems to have been elicited in this thread, I am surprised no one suggested reparking the car by a 10 degree clockwise ro tation every time the engine is run so the UV light from the sun would degr ade the interior components equally....

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that, if left in the engine long enough will rust away 500 lbs of cast iron and degrade aluminum.

I don't recall anyone saying that if all the car running for is to keep up the battery, why not just remove the battery, maybe put it on a slow charge every week or so like the one for Harbor Freight that can be bought for aobt $ 5 on sale ? For my lawn mower I have a solar cell I bought for charging batteries and put it on the mower in the winter as there is no electricity in the mower shed.

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energy: Run the car approximately every 10-14 days, for approximately 20-30 mins, while varying the rpm every so often but try to keep RPM a around 80

0-1000RPM to effectively charge the battery.

Pretty much the group consensus except for the two loons in particular that like to parse things to absurdity in the name of "discussion". I'm sure w e all know to whom I'm referring.

I am surprised no one suggested reparking the car by a 10 degree clockwise rotation every time the engine is run so the UV light from the sun would de grade the interior components equally....

Heheh.. then those two loons would treat us to a long winded dissertation o n the advantages of a schedule to select the proper time of day to rotate t he car based on the Sunrise/Sunset calendar taking into consideration overc ast days and eclipses...

But I'm totally intrigued by the Mars rover info comment!

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And when asked to give a citation for some absurd claim, they can't.

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d energy: Run the car approximately every 10-14 days, for approximately 20-

30 mins, while varying the rpm every so often but try to keep RPM a around 800-1000RPM to effectively charge the battery.

at like to parse things to absurdity in the name of "discussion". I'm sure we all know to whom I'm referring.

the joys of groupthink.

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tabbypurr

and energy: Run the car approximately every 10-14 days, for approximately 2

0-30 mins, while varying the rpm every so often but try to keep RPM a aroun d 800-1000RPM to effectively charge the battery.

that like to parse things to absurdity in the name of "discussion". I'm su re we all know to whom I'm referring.

Ya know... Sometimes "Groupthink" is a result of multiple individuals havin g the same experience when faced with the same phenomenon and solving for t he same problem. Which makes it "Good Procedure".

Madness, on the other hand, is doing the same thing over and over, and expe cting a different result. Or, when a desired result is achieved and underst ood, repeatedly applying flawed logic in order to change that result - you are a very clear and concise example of that process.

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e and energy: Run the car approximately every 10-14 days, for approximately 20-30 mins, while varying the rpm every so often but try to keep RPM a aro und 800-1000RPM to effectively charge the battery.

r that like to parse things to absurdity in the name of "discussion". I'm sure we all know to whom I'm referring.

ing the same experience when faced with the same phenomenon and solving for the same problem. Which makes it "Good Procedure".

sometimes, sometimes not. The reasons offered have not added up.

pecting a different result. Or, when a desired result is achieved and under stood, repeatedly applying flawed logic in order to change that result - yo u are a very clear and concise example of that process.

I don't know what 'different result' you imagine I'm looking for. I'm not o verly worried either.

NT

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