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Just to add my finale - the wifes car wouldn't start again yesterday so she called out the AA, he measured the charge in the battery and it was holding 72amp instead of 300, started it with his techno-car-starter-gizmo, measured it under charge and it was up to 120amp - she went out and bought a new one.
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Have you had a sparky check the car for anything draining the charge such as an interior light ( especially the one in the boot) , or the radio ?
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Dunno what juice they use, but a fortnight in a secure car park near the airport would always flatten the battery of the last car I had, and the bod in the car park who started up all the cars with dead batteries (almost a full time job that, he said!) told me that it is the car alarms with their sensors that drain the battery. |
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| Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "Dunno what juice they use, but a fortnight in a secure car park near the airport would always flatten the battery of the last car I had, and the bod in the car park who started up all the cars with dead batteries (almost a full time job that, he said!) told me that it is the car alarms with their sensors that drain the battery.'"
Theres a user of these forums who's almost brand new Honda CRV had a flat battery when we returned to it after just four days at Stanstead Airport - mobile phone battery charger left plugged in with or without mobile phone attached is what did for it. |
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| Quote: McLaren_Field "Theres a user of these forums who's almost brand new Honda CRV had a flat battery when we returned to it after just four days at Stanstead Airport - mobile phone battery charger left plugged in with or without mobile phone attached is what did for it.'" My first question is where had he plugged it?
Most cars no longer come with a cig lighter they actually have a chargeing point instead and all the cars I have seen with them are dead if the ingition is off  |
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| Quote: Anakin Skywalker "My first question is where had he plugged it?
Most cars no longer come with a cig lighter they actually have a chargeing point instead and all the cars I have seen with them are dead if the ingition is off ![]()
That's how my front one works, the one in the rear seats and the one in the boot both require the engine to be running, as does my mobile hands-free kit
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| Quote: McLaren_Field "Theres a user of these forums who's almost brand new Honda CRV had a flat battery when we returned to it after just four days at Stanstead Airport - mobile phone battery charger left plugged in with or without mobile phone attached is what did for it.'"
There's another user of these forums whose Land Rover Discovery had a flat battery when he returned to it after just five days at Leeds Bradford airport - inside courtesy light left on after he'd been faffing about before dashing for his plane.
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| Quote: cod'ead "That's how my front one works, the one in the rear seats and the one in the boot both require the engine to be running, as does my mobile hands-free kit'" Indeed so I have no idea how someone can have flattened their battery by leaving their phone charger in a charging point when that charging point is effectively 'dead' when the key is out. |
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| Quote: Anakin Skywalker "Indeed so I have no idea how someone can have flattened their battery by leaving their phone charger in a charging point when that charging point is effectively 'dead' when the key is out. ![]()
Its what the AA man said (where's the shrugs shoulders icon when you need it).
I was just bloody annoyed that the AA got there within a few minutes as I'd gone back into the airport and just settled down with a coffee and a large danish pastry.
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I was just bloody annoyed that the AA got there within a few minutes as I'd gone back into the airport and just settled down with a coffee and a large danish pastry.'" Yet another AA man I have to ask if they get their qualifications out of christmas crackers. |
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I'll try and get his phone number for you, it started with 0800...
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned checking the alternator too. The battery on my old deisel wouldn't hold a charge, no matter how far I ran it, so I assumed the battery was going - it was in it when I bought the car and I had about four years out of it.
Turned out that the battery was fine as the new battery died within a few weeks... it just wasn't charging from the alternator.
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Or is it just me that's a fan of bangernomics?
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Turned out that the battery was fine as the new battery died within a few weeks... it just wasn't charging from the alternator.
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Or is it just me that's a fan of bangernomics?'"
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| Quote: Anakin Skywalker "Indeed so I have no idea how someone can have flattened their battery by leaving their phone charger in a charging point when that charging point is effectively 'dead' when the key is out. ![]()
Not true, i have 3 12v sockets in the car. The front one and the usb socket are 'live' even with the key out. The rear and the boot one are dead with key out.
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| Quote: TheSurgeon "Not true, i have 3 12v sockets in the car. The front one and the usb socket are 'live' even with the key out. The rear and the boot one are dead with key out.'" Fair enough but what car do you drive as I have never come across that being the case? |
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