Battery - Care and Maintenance/Power Supply: Overview
911 (997)1/06
Battery: Battery Care and Maintenance/Power Supply
Note
This Technical Information replaces the following Tis:
Group 2:
> No. 1/04 - Battery care and maintenance prior to vehicle delivery
> No. 1/05 - Power supply while in the workshop and during diagnosis
Please mark the invalid TIs accordingly.
Vehicle Type:
911 Carrera (997)/911 Carrera S (997)/911 Carrera 4 (997)
911 Turbo (997)
911 GT3 (997)
Model Year:
As of 2005
Concerns:
- Battery discharge,
- Battery care and maintenance prior to vehicle delivery,
- Power supply for battery during vehicle handover, time spent in the workshop, vehicle diagnosis, the time the vehicle is in the showroom.
Situation:
Summary of Technical Information releases published to-date.
This Technical Information contains a summary of and additional information on the previously published Technical Information releases concerning the topics listed above.
This Technical Information is published in identical form in Group 0 (No. 1/06) and Group 2 (No. 1/06).
Contents:
The Technical Information is divided into the three sections shown.
1. Battery care and maintenance prior to vehicle delivery
Note
For more information, see -> Technical Information '010000 Main switch for power supply (battery disconnect switch)'(No. 1/04) and -> Technical Information '010000 Return of main switches for power supply'(No. 2/04) and -> Technical Information '010100 Main switch for power supply: handling/removing/returning'(Turbo and GT3, No. 2/06).
Situation:
The following instructions are provided so as to achieve the optimum battery condition upon delivery to the customer.
Contents:
Overview of the topic "Battery care and maintenance prior to vehicle delivery":
1.1 Action required following vehicle delivery
1.1.1 Test and documentation times
1.1.2 Measurement and charging conditions
1.1.3 Documenting measured values
1.2 Checking battery condition and open-circuit voltage
1.2.1 Determining battery condition (= starting power)
1.2.2 Determining open-circuit voltage (battery disconnect switch fitted)
1.2.3 Determining open-circuit voltage (battery disconnect switch removed)
1.3 Recharging the battery
1.3.1 Procedure using the determined measurement result
1.4 Procedure prior to vehicle handover to the customer (sales check)
1.4.1 Checking battery in the course of the sales check
1.4.2 Concluding work
1.5 Details in the event of a complaint
Tools:
Multimeter, battery tester, charger.
Parts Information
ATTENTION
Work Procedure: 1
Work Procedure: 2
Work Procedure: 3
Disclaimer