Battery Management

The only drawback of my Lancer is that the battery constantly dies in winter. This is entirely my own fault, as I have a lot of things connected to the permanent live feed, and the auxiliary heater is the final straw for the battery. With the diesel engine, I have a large 95Ah battery, but it still gets drained.

If it sits for, say, 5 days, the battery would be completely dead, and that would cause a serious problem. I wouldn't be able to get into my car at all, because I have the deadlock system, which is actually designed for right-hand drive vehicles, so the emergency key wouldn't work. Because of this, I removed the lock entirely.

This means my Lancer only unlocks electronically, and if the battery runs out, that's a problem. Therefore, I've developed various safety mechanisms to prevent this from happening.

1. Battery monitoring - via app and SMS - Webasto

2. Emergency power cable - If everything is empty, you can connect a NOCO jump starter there.

3. NOCO 3000A Jump Starter

4. Ecoflow River 3 + Backup in combination with a NOCO 7A charger (2+5)

5. EXIDE Premium 95A Battery