Flat Battery

[sc0tt]

Morning all

the holy grail of vehicles (mx5) is dead as it last turned a wheel in December.

How long do I need to drive it about for before its safe to turn it off to go again

TIA

[paintman]

How long's a piece of string?
Charge it using a mains battery charger & assuming it isn't dead then you won't have to worry about it.

[jagracer]

If it's completely dead it wont charge from an alternator, if there's some life then maybe 30-45 minutes should get it good enough to start the car but you should trickle charge it from a charger.

[PompeyPaul]

Minimum 30 mins I would say, ideally more.

[Andyjc86]

I tell my customers an hour

[steveo3002]

if the battery is healthy id say anything over half an hour

but you would better off with a trickle charge overnight , you can get em for next to nothing on ebay/argos etc