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Battery Dead from Lights On for 20-30 Minutes

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by Kremtok, Nov 15, 2017.

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  1. Nov 17, 2017 at 3:37 PM
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    These are a good quality jump battery. There are some crappy ones out there.
     
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  2. Nov 17, 2017 at 4:03 PM
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    I’ve done the trim and simply found a couple little pieces of plastic that I could grind into a little “L” shape. Then affixed them to the underside of the tray with some epoxy; resulting in two little “extension tabs” sticking up on the trimmed side of the tray to hold the battery on that side. It doesn’t take much to keep it from sliding around, considering the battery is under pressure from above.

    Note: imagine bending a stick of gum into an “L”. One side gets epoxied to the underside of the tray and the other side serves to keep the battery from sliding. You could probably get away with one tab but I liked having tabs by the battery corners (2).
     
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  3. Nov 17, 2017 at 4:07 PM
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    Do you just plug into a wall outlet to charge?
     
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  4. Nov 17, 2017 at 4:08 PM
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    Cool, thanks
     
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  5. Nov 17, 2017 at 4:11 PM
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    USB to charge, I can charge at home, in the truck or via solar panel. also has USB out to charge phone or what not.
     
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  6. Nov 17, 2017 at 4:23 PM
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    Minor update here, folks. First I tested the battery in the garage after the truck had sat all night: 11.9v. Clearly that's not good. Then I took the truck down to O'Reilly and had them test the battery. Turns out there's nothing wrong with it, but as expected the voltage was low. Basically that just means that I don't drive my truck enough to get a good charge on the battery during normal usage.

    Now that I know what the problem is, we can work to avoid it by taking a longer drive at least once a week. I also ordered a charger so that I can manually top off the battery if I don't get a chance to do some driving.

    Thanks again to everyone that has offered feedback and information on my issue!
     
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