Leaving it dead,well, that will kill it. Battery life is strange, some crap out in weeks, some outlast a pet. I've left the key on on the backhoe twice, sucked that battery about flat, yet, it lives. Essential tools, in life, tires need air. How anyone lives without a compressor is beyond me. Batteries need maintenance, voltmeter, charger,,
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/SS01/01397/N0366.oap?ck=Search_N0366...Test specific gravity,
Antifreeze checker ... pressure gauges. Survival takes tools.
There was no forum, nobody to ask, and the guy at the parts store told me to knock a hole in the hood, drop a chain through and chain it shut.
BUUUuut, my heart couldn't allow me to not work on stuff. Before I learnt how to figure it out, I probably replaced battery, alternator and voltage regulator on a few cars, when all I really needed was one,
Now, pull into a store, they plug in, sheesh.
Kitchens need tools, knives, cuting board, stuff.
Cars, bikes, heck, ya just gotta have some stuff.