General car battery

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General car battery

DDX12

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Hi all quick question i put a new battery on my 2002 1.2 elx about 5 month ago and with all this good weather i have been using my motorbike for work so the car has stood for 12 days.
I came to start it today it and it was too flat to crank now i know its a very small battery on this car but is this normal i put it on charge for 45 minutes and its fine again.
Any input welcome
DDX12.
 
Indeed modern cars really are not supposed to be left unused for days on end, as you say the battery is small and all the time you leave it the electronics of the car are still powered to a small degree, so 12 days is probably a long while. If you plan to leave it for long periods in future fit a battery isolation switch
 
I have just ordered off eBay a solar charger because I only use my bike in good weather so hopefully it might just keep it topped up enough to start it.
I used to have a saxo and I know I have left that for two weeks and it was still ok but as I said the battery is freakishly small on the punto
 
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