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Thank you all I will get some metric nuts and see if I have better luck. I was trying to avoid having to disconnect the battery.

I want to connect a 12V battery monitor to the 12V battery terminals. To do that I want to attach a ring connector on the existing bolts of each terminal connector. It looks like the bolts are 6mm bolts, but none of the nuts I try fit. Does anyone know the specification (Diameter and thread) of...

I agree that if no one is going to need the car in an emergency while I am away, the disconnect is the best way to go.

I need wifi as I need to monitor from abroad...

Thanks

Thanks, This means older model like your 2014 and newer ones like my 2020 do not have the same 12V battery management system. After I unlocked, I did not wait long to measure the 12.4, and the car being on would explain the 12.4V instead of the 12.86V resting voltage. But if my model has the...

This is incredibly helpful @EvanstonI3 and great news. If that actually happens on my model year (2020), then we should be perfectly safe to leave the car unplugged for a couple of month as there would be plenty of reserve in the HV battery to keep this up for that period. My I3 is 2020, and...

Here is another questions regarding the 12v battery management. I read online that when away, if you remotely unlock the car, it would trigger charging for 30mn. So I opened the frunk and left the car locked for a wile to measure the battery resting voltage, it was 13V which is good I left the...

Thanks again Much Apreciated!

Thanks for these. You mention that the alarm that sounds if the 12V battery fails is the burglar alarm. Does it mean that if I deactivate the burglar alarm (double click on remote), if the 12V battery fails it will not sound an alarm? Or is the 12V battery failure alarm a different one than the...

Hi, We are away 2 or 3 months at a time, and I am worried that one day the 12V battery could die or discharge to the point where the alarm would go on and drive the neighbors nuts. So I have the following questions. If the low 12V battery alarm goes on, how long will its stay on? Is there a way...

Thanks, good to know. May be they are at least not guilty of that last part It is the problem when someone behaves badly, it makes it hard to trust them about anything else...

I have a strong disdain for people trying to scam others, being me or not, so definitely not letting them do it.... In addition, everytime someone scams my insurance, it contributes to raising my premium..... There is no free lunch. The other disturbing part is that the car was in for the free...

Thank you for the feedback, this is what I thought. And no the car is not noisy. We are talking about a small piece of the back side of the top insulation cover. I came back from the dealer, and I had a very worrisome experience. He was pushing for getting the replacement done, and when I said...

Recent owner of a 2020 BMW I3 REX ! Love the car, will have questions soon regarding dealer repairs.... Best