Whats up with it now....

[raceboy]

After finally getting the wiper sorted (thank Joolz) And the Accumate to keep the battery happy wired in, I used the car for the 1st time in anger for a while over the weekend and all the issues you have with a car drift away after the first sweeping left hander and the 1st island
But then put it back in it's garage plugged in the Accumate and left it, went to it Sunday afternoon, there was still a bit of daylight left after I'd finished all my 'jobs' but the Accumate was reading low battery, then after fitting a new battery in the Alarm remote I fired up the ignition to be greated with just a yellow dash light, no red one, (94 Chimaera, yellow light and red light between the speedo and revcounter)
So the question is 'Whats Broke Now?'
IIRC that light is something to do with the alternator, but I know if that light comes on while driving it's thrown a belt, but what does no life at all out of it mean, oh and the battery was flat even after 20 hours of Accumate charging so I retired to the sofa

[raceboy]

Thing is the car was fine on Saturday, started 1st ime, twice while I was out and about on my travels,
The battery conditioner is wired straight to the battery terminals so that should be fine
So 1st thing before I start taking the alternator off, is take the battery off and give it a good hard long slow charge via a 'normal' battery charger

[raceboy]

So 1st port of call might be dropping off the 8 month old battery then

[raceboy]

When I 1st hooked up the Accumate the battery was pretty flat, and reading the instruction booklet it does say that for a battery of the power rating in a TVR your looking at a 60 hour charge, this I did and somewhere about the 60 hour mark it lit up as 'fully charged' but now it's not happy
and I don't like the fact the alternator warning light doesn't come on when you switch the ingnition on
But is the 1st 'to do' to take the battery off and give it a right good chargeing

[raceboy]

GreenV8S said:

No, that isn't a good sign. If the alternator is healthy, the no-charge warning should come on unless the battery is absolutely as dead as a door nail. No charge warning light effectively means no working alternator.

Now thats what I thought, the clock still ticks, the alarm led is flashing, it even primes the fuel pump but didn't have enough juice to turn over, it just sent the central locking relay into spasam
So I'm thinking........
Battery off and a good off the car slow charge
Alternator off, bench tested and fixed if need be
This car used to be fine when I used it every day, and before I mentioned changeing it