Battery maintainer questions, not for long term storage

[Starship Enterprise]

I beleive these numbers are for a battery at rest.

Start with locking your car and don't touch it for 8 hours. Supposedly that resets the battery management system.

If it still shows 12v after being on the tender, it's on it's way out I think.

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[AZ_Ryan]

So where should I be looking to see this number? When only the accessory power is on? Because if the engine is at idle, it's showing 14.*, but when the engine is off and only accessory power is on, it's currently showing 12.0. This is after having it on the tender for a recondition cycle Saturday to Sunday, leaving it off the tender since Sunday, and driving it on two short errand trips today (Tuesday).

When I was at the dealer last Wednesday (before putting it on the tender on the weekend), they pulled my vehicle up by VIN and said the battery was at 65% charge. I don't think I can see that anywhere in my vehicle or the FordPass app myself, correct?

I just can't figure out how to monitor this.

Get a $20 voltmeter and check the battery while the car is off. Easy peasy.

Unfortunatlry there is nothing in the car that will tell you the battery percentage. Only Ford can do that.

Once you charge the battery, you have to drive the car so the monitor can relearn the battery status.

 

[laurent13009]

Your garage close enough to run a line to it? Even a long extension cord from the house?

not close enough to run a line but I have a CTEK free arriving today so that should to it

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