Charging at the track

[junkman]

You don't have to let the car run the whole time you are charging, just check it every hour or so make sure you are not running it down too much. If its a little slow to crank let it run for a few minutes. I would have though someone at the track would have let you know there is no need to run it constantly. You may find you really don't need to spend any more money, unless you want too!

[redshift]

Originally Posted by junkman

You don't have to let the car run the whole time you are charging, just check it every hour or so make sure you are not running it down too much. If its a little slow to crank let it run for a few minutes. I would have though someone at the track would have let you know there is no need to run it constantly. You may find you really don't need to spend any more money, unless you want too!

Me too.. and idling for long periods is BAD for any engine, you risk carbon build-up and other issues. Ideally you should have a separate battery, as mentioned. But try not to idle more than 5-10 minutes per hour while charging.