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Battery draining and setting off alarm

Post by T6 KFR » Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:08 pm

I don't have the car on a trickle charger as its outside so recently with lack of use the battery has been draining and setting the alarm off.

How do i lock the car but keep the alarm disarmed ? Checked the manual and cant see any answers ... Am i being daft? I need to fix this before my neighbours get really pi##ed.

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Re: Battery draining and setting off alarm

Post by j2 lot » Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:28 am

Can you not simply leave the alarm off and lock the doors with the key?
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Re: Battery draining and setting off alarm

Post by robin » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:03 am

It probably won't help, actually. You'll just kill the whole thing ... you need to start the engine for an hour-ish to keep the battery topped up.

The alarm goes off even if it wasn't armed when the battery goes flat (AND you cause untold other problems besides).

There may be a way of doing it, though ...

Call the factory and ask them how they store the cars without killing the battery!

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Re: Battery draining and setting off alarm

Post by ninja » Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:29 pm

i just don't lock the car

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Re: Battery draining and setting off alarm

Post by T6 KFR » Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:26 pm

ninja wrote:i just don't lock the car

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Thats what I've ended up doing and continue to run the car at weekend to recharge.

Trickle charger on first to boost it then hope it turns over [SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

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Re: Battery draining and setting off alarm

Post by j2 lot » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:24 pm

If the newer Elise is the same as older versions the central locking and key locking are separate things so you can still manually lock the car using the key which operates each individual door lock so you can still secure it without using the fob / alarm.
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Re: Battery draining and setting off alarm

Post by T6 KFR » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:44 pm

j2 lot wrote:If the newer Elise is the same as older versions the central locking and key locking are separate things so you can still manually lock the car using the key which operates each individual door lock so you can still secure it without using the fob / alarm.

Ill have a look into that thanks!

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