Flat Battery - best course of action?
Discussion
Left my lights on all night and my battery is 100% flat. Nothing happens when I turn ignition key, central locking is dead and so on.
Battery was not new but more than 2 years old and has never given any problems.
Is a battery that has been 100% flattened salvageable?
Should I:
A: Call out breakdown service, get a jump start and then go for a long drive - will this save/recharge my battery enough to save getting a new one?
B: Call out mobile new battery service and just get a new one fitted?
I have to park all day in an NCP tomorrow and don't want to get back to my car in the evening and find the battery has died and then have to call the breakdown service again.
What would you do?
Battery was not new but more than 2 years old and has never given any problems.
Is a battery that has been 100% flattened salvageable?
Should I:
A: Call out breakdown service, get a jump start and then go for a long drive - will this save/recharge my battery enough to save getting a new one?
B: Call out mobile new battery service and just get a new one fitted?
I have to park all day in an NCP tomorrow and don't want to get back to my car in the evening and find the battery has died and then have to call the breakdown service again.
What would you do?
Cheers all. I haven't got any sort of charging equipment so I would have to get breakdown service out.
Just really weighing up the options in terms of:
1. Get breakdown service out and go on long drive - if it works, no additional immediate expense but would I then have problems in the NCP tomorrow.
2. Cycling to Halfords to pick up a battery (about an hour's cycle away) (£75) or a battery charger (£40 ish) - not sure which is the better option. If the battery is ruined, the money on the charger would be wasted.
3. Get a mobile battery fitter out - not sure of the cost of this at all.
I'd rather spend as little as possible but don't want to be stuck in an NCP tomorrow evening.
Just really weighing up the options in terms of:
1. Get breakdown service out and go on long drive - if it works, no additional immediate expense but would I then have problems in the NCP tomorrow.
2. Cycling to Halfords to pick up a battery (about an hour's cycle away) (£75) or a battery charger (£40 ish) - not sure which is the better option. If the battery is ruined, the money on the charger would be wasted.
3. Get a mobile battery fitter out - not sure of the cost of this at all.
I'd rather spend as little as possible but don't want to be stuck in an NCP tomorrow evening.
Cheers all - I'm out in the sticks a bit so can't get a jumpstart. Will call the breakdown service and depending on what they say about the battery condition (I'm hoping they have some way or a type of meter for measuring battery life) I'll either buy a charger or a new battery.
Probably could do with a charger anyway - never thought I'd leave the lights on all night.
Probably could do with a charger anyway - never thought I'd leave the lights on all night.
I'll update this evening on how the battery's doing (hopefully not from the NCP!).
Will the battery charge more quickly when the engine is idling or at moving speeds - or does it make no difference?
I'll be driving for about 30/40 mins mixed traffic before parking up.
It's a 45 Ah battery and there are no computers or sophisticated electronics on board.
Will the battery charge more quickly when the engine is idling or at moving speeds - or does it make no difference?
I'll be driving for about 30/40 mins mixed traffic before parking up.
It's a 45 Ah battery and there are no computers or sophisticated electronics on board.
Home safe and well. Breakdown chap jump started it and said to keep it running for an hour and that it would be charged up fine.
Left it running on idle and then did a mixed route over 40 mins or so before parking up for the day.
Eight hours later, started up fine. Been in and out to the shops now too with no problems starting again.
Very pleased with how it has gone and hopefully no need for a new battery. Still wary of it failing again but fingers crossed it will start in the morning.
Left it running on idle and then did a mixed route over 40 mins or so before parking up for the day.
Eight hours later, started up fine. Been in and out to the shops now too with no problems starting again.
Very pleased with how it has gone and hopefully no need for a new battery. Still wary of it failing again but fingers crossed it will start in the morning.
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