Charge or jump start?
Discussion
I've been recovering from an operation for the last 6 weeks and my weekend MK 3 MX5 has been in the garage for all of that time as a result. And the battery is flat. The remote control unlocks the car and all the warning lights come on when I tried the ignition...just wondering whether it's totally dead and needs jump starting or whether I can buy a charger and that will sort it out?
shake n bake said:
A battery charger will give it a thorough charge, if you do jump it, leaving it to just idle does close to nothing. Driving it's ok though.
True - at the moment I probably can't drive it far so maybe a trip to Halfords for a charger is the best option at the moment. Ta for the reminder.Thanks for that - just reading about the CTEKs now. My old Camaro never seemed to mind being stuck away for a few weeks - the worst that would happen is the electronic trip counter would reset to zero but it would always start first time. The MX5 I guess has a far smaller battery. Lesson learned! Looks like a CTEK is a good idea.
normalbloke said:
The poor chap only needed a maintenance charger.....
Well the CTEK arrived yesterday lunchtime and 24 hours later the battery was tested, desulphated, charged, tested and all done. Started like a dream of course. Wife is happy as her little Suzuki thing only gets driven short distances and gets left a bit in the winter, so she's reassured she won't be stuck with a car that won't start (although I doubt it would suffer that much). A great bit of kit - fit it, switch it on, let it work, take it off. Done. With 3 cars in the family, and possibly a 4th after xmas, no doubt it will prove a good buy.
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