Will my battery die if I leave my accessories on?

Hey just wondering.. does our trucks have a feature that will cut off accessory power before losing enough power that my truck will not be able to start?

 

NO, your battery will die.

 

Left a map light on overnight (sub freezing temps) a couple of weeks ago. Caught it in the morning and she started right up... No hesitation.

I was moderately surprised that my 12' doesn't have a feature that turns the light off after so long.

 

thats annoying.

2014 tacoma.............................................

 

I though it did. I left my overhead lights on a couple times and it was shut off after a period of time. Started the next morning and light came back on.

 

I've left every single interior light on all night before and she started right up. I think those little guys aren't going to hurt anything.

 

your battery will die...

 

I'm not too worried about my dome lights... More so playing music off my bed outlet while camping type thing

 

It all depends on the load. Your radio that you run off the bed power may be a small one or a big one. Really can't give you an accurate response without knowing that info. I know I have run 2 of those 20 inch box fans off my truck overnight and didn't have any trouble starting it (Granted is was a Jeep Cherokee, but the battery itself is about the same as the one in my Tacoma.

 

I'm sure it was a different Inverter than the Toyota ones. Also battery health matters.

 

you can buy several different types of DC load cutoff systems where you set the voltage cutoff

some cannot handle the amps of a full vehicle, so you'd need to put that type
inline of the lighting DC power


here is one type 35 amps
http://www.powerwerx.com/batteries-chargers/dc-automotive-timer-lvd-battery-guard.html

here is another (might be crap I dunno) 250 amps
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Battery-Pro...760&pid=100011&prg=1005&rk=2&sd=190464455974&

 

I leave my Uniden RD9XL radar detector "live" 24-7; no issues yet after 7 months but I'm pretty sure it doesn't draw as much power as a radio.

Paul

 

http://www.batterymart.com/p-prioritystart-12-volt-promax.html

This one works great

 

Yes, it was a different one, but the load was still the same. Max output of the inverter was 400 Watts. Again, perhaps a bit of a change, but the drain would be the same. It is not the inverter, but what you have plugged INTO the inverter that decides how much the battery gets drained.