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1996 Chim. I've never experienced this one before.
Got in to start - slight electrical 'click' but no start. THEN noticed the red/green lights for the heater/ventilator wheels flashing and clicking - slowly at first and then getting faster accompanied by the doors locks chattering (to each other? ... I guess they must be female!)
Does anyone have any idea what might be going on here please? At the moment I'm thinking poltergeist but hopefully there is someone who has experienced this before and can give me some simple fix.
Many thanks.
Got in to start - slight electrical 'click' but no start. THEN noticed the red/green lights for the heater/ventilator wheels flashing and clicking - slowly at first and then getting faster accompanied by the doors locks chattering (to each other? ... I guess they must be female!)
Does anyone have any idea what might be going on here please? At the moment I'm thinking poltergeist but hopefully there is someone who has experienced this before and can give me some simple fix.
Many thanks.
That's QUICK, brief and to the point ! ! !
Knackered? Hmmm, I don't see that in my copy of The IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition (BS 7671)
I'd changed the two CR1220 batteries in the key fob but no difference.
Misleadingly, the original battery didn't show the same symptoms - just sluggish turnover and so I replaced it about four years ago.
I guess cold winter nights killed it quickly and humanely.
Thanks for help - appreciated.
Knackered? Hmmm, I don't see that in my copy of The IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition (BS 7671)
I'd changed the two CR1220 batteries in the key fob but no difference.
Misleadingly, the original battery didn't show the same symptoms - just sluggish turnover and so I replaced it about four years ago.
I guess cold winter nights killed it quickly and humanely.
Thanks for help - appreciated.
Mornin,
1) I've ordered myself a 'voltmeter thingy' to light my fags with.
2) Competent Person? None of 'em 'round 'ere.
3) Ignition on, switch headlights on - still in the dark.
4) I went around the passenger side to look at Accumate Bat minder aaaand the red light is on BUT the amber and green are flashing alternately but I have lost the instructions so not sure of the precise meaning of the flashes other than it has never flashed before.
As 'engineer' says, it might be a flakey earth although car is in a garage with a boiler next to it (perhaps not a good idea on reflection). It could be the Accumate that has failed (Sorry, I mean KNACKERED in TVR parlance) or the battery. I'll extract battery tonight and buy a new one tomorrow. I hope I can then report it fixed but if not I may be making a nuisance of myself again.
Thank you Competent People.
1) I've ordered myself a 'voltmeter thingy' to light my fags with.
2) Competent Person? None of 'em 'round 'ere.
3) Ignition on, switch headlights on - still in the dark.
4) I went around the passenger side to look at Accumate Bat minder aaaand the red light is on BUT the amber and green are flashing alternately but I have lost the instructions so not sure of the precise meaning of the flashes other than it has never flashed before.
As 'engineer' says, it might be a flakey earth although car is in a garage with a boiler next to it (perhaps not a good idea on reflection). It could be the Accumate that has failed (Sorry, I mean KNACKERED in TVR parlance) or the battery. I'll extract battery tonight and buy a new one tomorrow. I hope I can then report it fixed but if not I may be making a nuisance of myself again.
Thank you Competent People.
Was it clockwise?... more like clockwork orange at times.
I did first check the connections were tight, and they were clean and tight. So as per Chimpongas (thank you for taking the time to give me such a detailed explanation of the term 'knackered') the battery is now disconnected from car and on charge.
I had previously uprated the cable and also done the 'Clarion' hot start mod.
Really though... fussy when it's too hot and fussy when it's too cold.... something of a princess me thinks.
I did first check the connections were tight, and they were clean and tight. So as per Chimpongas (thank you for taking the time to give me such a detailed explanation of the term 'knackered') the battery is now disconnected from car and on charge.
I had previously uprated the cable and also done the 'Clarion' hot start mod.
Really though... fussy when it's too hot and fussy when it's too cold.... something of a princess me thinks.
Right - just to update you all as you deserve to know for all the effort you put in on my behalf...
Chim pong ass was correct saying it was a combination of factors.
However, having charged it and tried it again it actually made no difference so (some days later as I have been ill) I took it to a battery specialist who quickly checked it and gave me a funny look as if I was winding him up "14 volts - that's fully charged" was his reply. (I didn't quite catch the 'you pillock' under his breath.
He then gave me the chance to explain my symptoms. "We'll try a drop test". I thought that should finish it! A short time later he came back and said "whilst it is fully charged, there is a fault between two of the cells"
As soon as the ignition is turned on, the effect of this fault is equivalent to an undesired leakage to earth. So my battery which was actually exactly 5 years old (not 4 as I thought) was "knackered" but not in the usual way. It was a 600CCA but I now have a 630 CCA.
I did ask about the AGM (Absorbed Glass Matt) type of battery but the competent person said they are happy to supply such a battery but I would need a different type of alternator.
Anyway, following advice on this thread about the noise in a confined space, I have only just this afternoon put on my ear defenders and connected up... those alarms are LOUD. BUT you will be pleased to know that all seems to be well now. Thanks one and all.
Chim pong ass was correct saying it was a combination of factors.
However, having charged it and tried it again it actually made no difference so (some days later as I have been ill) I took it to a battery specialist who quickly checked it and gave me a funny look as if I was winding him up "14 volts - that's fully charged" was his reply. (I didn't quite catch the 'you pillock' under his breath.
He then gave me the chance to explain my symptoms. "We'll try a drop test". I thought that should finish it! A short time later he came back and said "whilst it is fully charged, there is a fault between two of the cells"
As soon as the ignition is turned on, the effect of this fault is equivalent to an undesired leakage to earth. So my battery which was actually exactly 5 years old (not 4 as I thought) was "knackered" but not in the usual way. It was a 600CCA but I now have a 630 CCA.
I did ask about the AGM (Absorbed Glass Matt) type of battery but the competent person said they are happy to supply such a battery but I would need a different type of alternator.
Anyway, following advice on this thread about the noise in a confined space, I have only just this afternoon put on my ear defenders and connected up... those alarms are LOUD. BUT you will be pleased to know that all seems to be well now. Thanks one and all.
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