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Originally Posted by Sugar Bear
A 12V battery in the low 11's is very as in almost completely discharged. 10.5V is considered completely discharged and will harm the battery. A trickle charger will take a couple of days to charge a large capacity dead battery. My point is IMHO the state of your battery is the biggest problem at the moment. Any jump pack is going to be working overtime on that situation and yes it will tire the alternator early.
The battery needs to be fully charged to 12.5 or 12.6V and load tested.
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I seem to have a talent for fukcing up. The SDL only sat for about a month before I last drove it around for a while. I didn't think it would sink that quickly. I have heard that a severly discharged battery will work the hell out of it's own alternator if jumped. Or that of a jumper vehicle.
All of sudden I'm leaning to just buying another battery. Not sure what their repuation is but there's an "Interstate Battery" outlet a couple of miles from where the SDL is. Their budget model is $165, the 'Better' variety is $220. Might just go for the cheapy, I'll have two batts at that point, I can trickle charge the 11+ volter at my leasure. And I'll really need to research battery tending. And I'll need to investigate how long a batt will last on the shelf and what one should do to enhance that.
It's sort of a tough call. A battery jump pack could come in handy. If the second battery won't do well with several years on the shelf, could be a better buy to get the booster pack, run the car for 5 minutes to get it into the indoor stall and start tending the battery better. I've heard for years about stressing the alternator with a discharged battery but if it's ever been a factor for me I wasn't aware of it. Have never had to replace alternators at too frequent a rate.