NemesisUK

From a 12 volt battery? Have you experienced any starting problems? Any electrical issues?

Magnesium

Magnus

Mancini

Ford

Tesla focused but this is an interesting take on the charge level debate https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/01/should-i-charge-my-tesla-to-80-or-90-or-100/

Crackle

Blousey

Kate

The OP hasn't been back in nearly 1yr

Delight

Faith

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Beyond

Hear! Hear!

Saw

Sea

Saint

George

Cathedral

I thought I was being adventurous when I replaced the generator on my Imp with an alternator! How things have changed ...

I really don't know.... There must be some rationale behind it or why introduce the complication?

There is no mention of IGN status within the guidance doc but the module does retain a history of battery condition, which is used to determine battery working capacity used in determining if electrical consumers should be enabled or not (i.e. seat heaters) when IGN is on. It's a complicated system and not well described, presumably because they expect the technician to have training?

During normal running the only return route for current is through the car body, so passing through the battery monitor sensor connected between the negative and body. If the trickle charger is connected directly to the battery terminals, the current would take the shortest/easiest route, which is through the battery?