Does that work to maintain the battery during updates? That other one thats recommended is like $500
curious why you need to plug in for an hour? Im looking into maybe getting the equipment to updates and just wondered. Does this use a standard 120v plug??Since I don't drive a lot, I have had trouble with some of the OTA updates that require the battery to be at ~90%. This works like a charm. Just plug in for like an hour and start the update.
Has worked perfect so far. I just charge like an hour till it is above 90 and the update installs no problem. I'm doing this with OTA updates, I think the FDRS is different. But this can also charge a fully dead 12v to at least get to where you need to go to get it changed out. This was recommended by @Mach-Lee . I think he knows his stuff.
standard plug, can be set lower if you aren't gonna drive your car often. Like a battery tender.
Not by itself, but people have had success using two of them in parallel.
Did you remove panel and if so what tool needed not to break clips.
Rather than a brass pry bar, you might want to pick up a set like these. Amazon has cheaper sets but these were Grabber Blue.Used the template as provided in this forum. Drilled out hole without removing plastic panel. Vacuumed out plastic debris. Placed in caps.
see pic 1 and 2.
Small brass pry bar to remove as necessary.
see pic 3
I did, but several people drilled them without removal. I didn’t use any tools for removal. Just pulled straight up around the perimeter.
Ordering now...thanks
That's what we did too. Didn't have any problems putting back in either.
I have seen the car draw as much as 43A during updates. It usually draws somewhere in the low 30s. That’s a 20A supply, so you’re going to be discharging the battery. For short updates, it would be fine if you leave the car on the supply for a while after the update. For longer updates, you will probably need another to run in parallel. ??
I used those too. BUT in the cold, they were very hard to remove becasue the retainer tabs that flex out of the way during insertion/removal was very stiff. I cut those off and they are now easy to remove, but don't come loose, fall out etc.
Yeah, I took pliers and bent the tabs in. I found out the hard way, I put them in and they were so hard to get out. Now they stay, but are fairly easy to get out with just my fingers. I highly doubt they would fall out on their own.
