dead battery

[mat glew]

OK just got back from a 2 week holiday to find my battery is dead. Got a jump start from a garage fine but the bloke who did it reckons that it will now need replacing....

Apparantly because of the type of battery it is once it's completly discharged you've had it....

Does anyone know if this is true and if so rplacement costs...looking at where it is it doesn't look that easy to replace (like my liver which I think I just killed by drinking FAR too much on holiday )





>>> Edited by mat glew on Sunday 6th June 16:27

[poptosis]

Most if not all car batteries will loose grunt if they run down completely.

[mat glew]

I know thats true but the guy reckons he'll be out to jump me again tommorrow.....Just taken it on a 50 mile drive so I'll see what happens.....

[NJS25]

Hi Mat,

Yes I do believe the battery to be b******d. Posted a topic on this subject earlier, follow the link.

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=69707&f=15&h=0&hw=battery+replacement

Regards, Neil

[tupolev]

dont think the lotus fitted batteries were up to much -mine died after a year and never recovered.

c.£40-50 for a new one -try sinclairs

tupolev

[zebedee]

Mine has gone flat a couple of times - just jump-started it and took it for an hour and a bit drive to charge it up each time, now its fine!

Worth trying it first before you spend! Keep some jump leads in the back though, just in case...

[S Works]

zebedee said:

Mine has gone flat a couple of times - just jump-started it and took it for an hour and a bit drive to charge it up each time, now its fine! Worth trying it first before you spend! Keep some jump leads in the back though, just in case...

Yeah, or you can buy jump boxes yourself now from Halfwits for not much. Most are small and are dead handy.

[Nightmare]

ten quid says its fine tomorrow morning if you've just done 50 miles in it. I replced my original battery in my S2 after about 2 years.....and it had gone dead about 20 times during that - ended up getting a jump pack which is great peace-of-mind when stuck in the boot.

I replaced my battery with a much more powerful version (500 Amp crank instead of 350) and its massively better and seems to survive for much longer if the 'lise aint moved. It was also a mere 35 quid.....