creative ways of charging without a power socket

Just chiming in that I’ll have the same problem if/when I take delivery of my 488. My apartment where I rent has basically ruled out me getting power to my parking stall. My plan is to drive the car every 3 days or so minimum over the summer, before I move to a place with a garage/power when my lease is up

If you do a search there is a lithium ion bat solution which supposedly can provide up to 3 weeks of standby time at least in one person’s experience (Ray). He’s a big advocate, the battery is pricey but if it works as advertised the cost is not an issue for me

My personal plan is to try out the OEM batt with the car and roll with the punches for now. first thing I do will be to get the lithium bat if the OEM isn’t up to snuff even if I am frequently driving the car

FYI the tender situation is different for OEM vs lithium, but the argument is you won’t need the tender for the lithium ion battery so long as you drive the car every so often


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I have first hand experience with this as I have lived in a high rise through 3 Ferrari’s. What worked for me was not to lock my car and use the red cover on it. I usually drive the car on the weekends and never had a battery problem. My condo is gated so no worry with the car being covered and not locked. Another hint is make sure the car is running when you drop the top as to not drain the battery. Best , Kirk.

 

About 10 days - 2 weeks. I replaced my battery on my old 458 once after 3 years. So no worries there.

 

The Braille lithium (not just any lithium battery, as there are many brands out there which are not so well made) is a great option for sure. It pretty much removes the need to ever use a tender, especially on the 458.

However, if you are looking for ways to run the battery tender without a power outlet nearby, here are a few options.

First off, you can use a standard computer backup UPS. I've used this trick a number of times. Here's a small one that is easy to move around. I've actually taken this little guy with me way out into the forest in order to power remote wireless base stations in order to test for long range antenna connection points for fiber options and stuff. I toss it, my router, antenna, dish, etc. into a back pack and climb out to where I can get a visual line of sight with the base station antenna and the UPS will provide me all the 120 volt power I need. So I would imagine you could do basically the same thing to power your battery tender and just top off the Ferrari battery. Charge up the UPS, plug the tender into it, then plug the tender into the Ferrari and it should top things off nicely I would think.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DW2J7SY

The other option is one of these booster things. They are a little more tricky to deal with, but the basic idea is that they draw electrons out of the "dead" battery and then turn around and provide a much higher amp supply for a very short time. If you ever study electrical engineering, you can start understanding that amps has to do with flow over time and so some of these devices store up just enough electrons to provide a very brief (but high) current flow to get the car started. Here's an example of one. I'm assuming it's using a capacitor of some type internally and a little circuit board to control things. Whatever the case, it might be something handy to have around, should you find yourself with a dead Ferrari that doesn't want to fire up. Just make sure you know what you are doing when it comes to attaching things to your very expensive to repair Ferrari

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015TKUPIC

Sam, I still have your Braille battery here. Let me know when you want it!

Ray

 

I use a solar trickle charger on top of my trailer for my non-street-legal Lotus, something like this https://www.amazon.com/POWOXI-Portable-Waterproof-Maintainer-Amorphous/dp/B07F9RNM1D/ref=asc_df_B07F9RNM1D/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=241963226348&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1821067138259943990&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032145&hvtargid=pla-521340003342&psc=1 You might see if your landlord would allow one of these on top of the car port. A good audio installation place could probably help with a clean installation and quick connect.

 

Try a portable battery power generator. It has 110v output to plug the trickle charger and should last days before the unit needs recharging
Place in the car and take it out once a week to recharge the unit
See the one below
https://www.amazon.com/Goal-Zero-1400-Generator-Alternative/dp/B01N9RMZ09


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