Can you leave this plugged in when the car isn't running?
2087701
It will depend on the vehicle I suppose and how the power is allocated. On our Honda Odyssey you can though.
2087702
Yes, mine is in a 1947 Fairchild airplane, you can permanently mount it. But if you have something plugged into it that draws power, it will drain your battery. We turn our seat heaters off when we are not flying. It works great.
2087703
Yes and no. It depends on the car. If the car turns off the cigar lighter socket when the car is off, you should have no problem leaving it connected. If the car doesn't turn off the cigar lighter socket, then you could drain your battery if the gadgets plugged into the socket extender are left on.
2087704
As long as you don't have anything plugged in that is turned on and using power then you should be fine. It would draw very low power without anything turned on. I wouldn't think it could come close to draining a car battery unless you didn't crank the vehicle for weeks at a time.
2087705
You can leave it plugged in, I however hardwired mine to my battery and fused it with an inline fuse. Works great and the one thing on the far right socket just an FYI it is designed for a cigarette lighter and the other ports work great for accessory chargers and more.
2087706
Hey,Raymond!No worry on leaving the Wagan 4-Way plugged in.The only drain is going to be a very small (5 milliamp) usage for the red led indicator lamp.
2087707
Yes you can, however the LCD will draw an extremely small amount of current from batter. The amount is so small it would take months to draw the battery down, so it should have no noticeable affect on your car.
2087708
Yes, Raymond, unless you have other things plugged into this unit & running, such as I who have a GPS Navigation unit, a Radar detector unit, & a forward and rearward "Auto Cam" unit connected but, on my 2010 Ford 4X4 Off Road Pickup then after 10 minutes it automatically disconnects power to the "Plugin's", depending on the vintage of your vehicle it may do the same thing.Regards Jim Meyer.
845171
Yes, you can leave it plugged in and ready for use. However, I found that you do not need to worry about it discharging without it plugged in and just siting there unused. It is amazing that once charged, it holds that charge for a long time. This is a fantastic product. It is better than any others that I have owned previously.
2125340
As far a I know you don't have to be plugged in. But mine has been sitting in the back of my car waiting for when I need it for a jump start. I'm going to take it out tomorrow and see if it works without being plugged in. I'll let you know but I'm not sure if I know how to reach you back. my email is poesis@cherrits.com you can email me if you don;t hear back
430762
Yes, you can. Just dry it with a towel and let it get completely dry before plugging it back in.
246215
If it can't be plugged in overnight how long would I have to leave this plugged in for so that the engine is warm enough to start easily and not cause premature wear on the engine?
468139
I do not unplug mine whether in use or not. However my power is only on when the car is on.
795566
Unplugging is not necessary. It will, however, stay "on" after you turn off the engine and thus provide a small drain on the car battery. To avoid that, don't forget to press the blue button to turn ithe unit "off" every time you finish using it
797794
It depends on the temperature. If your car is outside and the temp is below freezing you could keep it plugged in but you dont want it plugged in unless the air temperature calls for it. My useage is less extreme. I'm usually parked in a garage and the temperature "usually" stays above about 40 degrees in an average winter. So, in an average winter I would probably not plug it in at all. Last year was very cold; there were several weeks where the temperature was closer to 25 degrees in the garage and several times I couldn't park in the garage and the car was outside at about -10 degrees. Those kind of temperatures can really wonk-out a car battery. I had some starting problems and decided to get this heater ready for this year. This heat strap is kinda an insurance policy for out of the average temperatures that may occur this year. Guess what, I'm already using it. The temperature is 20 degrees below average today, 5 degrees F this morning and my car is sitting in the driveway because of a project in the garage.
1248814
You don't leave it in the vehicle. After you are done programming your vehicle, you unplug it.
1412136
You could leave it unplugged. Plug does not detach. We don't use ours in the summer. In the summer we have a 5 gallon metal one we use.
191356
Yes, but it still has to be plugged in. So you don't want to leave it out if it rains.
1288029
No, I think you have to keep it plugged in. I always unplug it when I leave the car. Kind of annoying
2130972
You can leave it plugged in. The manufacturer suggests that you unplug it once a month for approximately 30 seconds to reset the sensing circuit.
571012
If you're asking if you can leave it plugged in then yes. I leave mine plugged into my tv. Plus I keep it plugged into the charger on tv so that it is always charged when tv is on. It doesn't over charge.
582424
It's up to you. It does not hurt the charger to leave it plugged in. But if you want to unplug it, that's OK too. I leave mine plugged in for convenience.
279844
Sure you can. But you will not need to keep it plugged in. It should do the job without a recharge.
2130732
It depends on your car. Some cars continue to power the outlet even when the car is not running, and some cars turn the outlets off when the car is not turned on. Even if your car has the type of outlets that continue to run, this will not cause a significant drain on your battery.