Solution to 12V issues? Disconnect 12v negative terminal sensor plug

Nice chart.

I took a couple of 22mi/35min drives this afternoon, with a detour for groceries.
I had OBDC adapter voltage displayed via CarPlay and OBD Fusion.

It was steady on 14.3/14.4v the entire way. I did take my eye off the road a fair number of times, lol.
I managed to log the values as well-it backs up my assertion, lol.

Several OBD Fusion and Car Scanner (both display on CarPlay) notes:

-Graphing on both are lame
-OBD Fusion does log files in .csv format, whereas I could not see a way to export data in Car Scanner-perhaps the Pro version?

For those Gen5'ers who are into it, there's a profile in Car Scanner for '23 and up 'Primes', but I found a lot of stuff works on the LE as well. Do I understand it all? No. But others might. . I didn't systematically try everything-perhaps I should. Maybe connect to car and do an "all sensors" take some screen pics-see what fields are populated with data. Perhaps that would be most expeditious.

 

On my 2014 F150 the original battery lasted 3 years 10 months. At that point, after a bit of research, I disconnected the current sensor on the negative battery cable and it’s stayed unplugged since 2018. The replacement battery lasted 7 years and still had some life left. It is a well known issue on the F150 forums.

On my 2024 Prius I am keeping a close eye on the battery and charging rate and it’s been good so far. But, if I start finding it undercharged I will try unplugging the sensor.