Battery maintainer - closing the hood?

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Quick question. I've not found a way to close the hood with my maintainer installed. I don't care at all to leave it unlatched. Will the car eventually go to sleep and stop displaying the hood open message?
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I have mine wired from under the car so I can latch the hood, but I like looking at my engine bay from time to time so keep it unlatched in the winter. The car appears to go to sleep regardless of locked or unlocked.
 
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I have mine wired from under the car so I can latch the hood, but I like looking at my engine bay from time to time so keep it unlatched in the winter. The car appears to go to sleep regardless of locked or unlocked.
Thanks! That is an excellent idea to run it from the bottom. Wish I was smart enough to think of it...
 

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Thanks! That is an excellent idea to run it from the bottom. Wish I was smart enough to think of it...
No problem, I'm not known to be smart at all. My wife thinks I'm a 5 year old. I zip tied a large washer to the charger cable connector and use a telescoping magnetic tool to fish it up into the engine bay. I have another pole with velcro on the end and attach that to the cable connector so that I can push the connector under the engine bay where I can see it from the top. The magnet tool is stronger so the velcro releases the pole as soon as I pull up.
 

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the car will stop with the message about the hood being open once it goes to sleep ... that's how I have mine run and no issues.
 

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Feed it down and out the grill opening. I have it in the upper honeycomb of that grill, with a black zip tie holding it so you really don't notice it when capped.
 

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I bought an extension cable for it and came out the top of the hood by the wiper, and then just draped the cord down the side.

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If you lay the clips on the posts like this, you can close the hood slowly and leave it unlatched. Plus no wires on painted surfaces
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I prefer my garage queen not to have dangling cords I can visibly see. Mine goes under the car to the back on a rail I made to keep it off the floor. Then through a tunnel. Cant tell she's plugged in.
 
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If you lay the clips on the posts like this, you can close the hood slowly and leave it unlatched. Plus no wires on painted surfaces
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Thanks. Mine is exactly like yours. I would have liked to close the hood but not a big deal.
 

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I prefer my garage queen not to have dangling cords I can visibly see. Mine goes under the car to the back on a rail I made to keep it off the floor. Then through a tunnel. Cant tell she's plugged in.
You are very brave. Many people including myself would undoubtedly drive off with wires trailing behind the car
 

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You are very brave. Many people including myself would undoubtedly drive off with wires trailing behind the car
Haha, that would definitely suck. I only drive my Supra on occasion so it's kind of an event to prepare for (with check list) the night before. Otherwise I usually take my STI or Golf-R on my weekend drives. I'm a MT driver anyways.
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