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Battery drainage

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2014 Fiesta Titanium X 1.0 Ecoboost with Powershift. If the vehicle is locked and nothing electrical is left on, except the Perimeter Alarm, what is the voltage drainage of a fully charged battery over multiples of 24 hours? I get a voltage drop of 0.1 of a Volt over 24 hours. I am trying to determine how many days you can leave the vehicle before the battery is too low to start the engine. I believe the battery is protected by a save mode after 3 days. Do not know how this works and how much this saves, does anyone know? What is the the minimum Voltage required to crank the engine with the starter motor?
 
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What happens when you don't arm the alarm for 24 hours? Also do you have any audio equipment in your vehicle such as a capacitor?
 
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The car is a 2014 Fiesta Titanium X and is as supplied. You cannot lock it without the perimeter alarm being activated. Radio is off.
 

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The car is a 2014 Fiesta Titanium X and is as supplied. You cannot lock it without the perimeter alarm being activated. Radio is off.
Ok so it's not aftermarket. First thing I would suggest is to replace the battery. It's not uncommon for brand new cars to have bad batteries. A bad battery won't charge and therefore will be easily drained. It's a 2014 so it should still be covered under warranty.
 
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Thank you for your reply. You may have misunderstood my message. If I park my car say at an Airport, go away for several days, I want to be sure my battery will still have enough voltage to crank the engine when I return. As you know,all cars that have an alarm system that is switched on will deplete battery voltage in time.

Given the example above:

1.How many days will it take to deplete an initially fully charged battery so much that there is not enough Volts left to crank the engine? My Fiesta Discharges at a rate of 0.1Volts in 24 hours, but I believe that after 3 days the Fiesta triggers a battery saver. I do not know how this works and what the saving is

2.What is the minimum voltage required For the Starter Motor to crank the engine?
 

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I've parked my car for over a week at the airport and never had any problems. If your batter drains in 3 days you have a bad battery.
 
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[wink] Left fully charged with a reading of say 12.5 Volts, after 3 days I estimate it would read 12.2 Volts. I also estimate it would start to dip below 11 Volts in 15 days. I am saying estimate, I do not know if this would be true in practice.

Thank you for trying to help. Sorry if my posts have not been clear enough.
 


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