HELP, cant charge battery
HELP, cant charge battery
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mrmop

Original Poster:

454 posts

284 months

Saturday 15th January 2005
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Battey flat as a pan cake, opened the car and am trying to charge the battery but every time I connect the charger I get a bleep from the alarm siren and the fuse blow's on the battery charger.

Could do with some advise,

gazzab

21,627 posts

311 months

Saturday 15th January 2005
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try jump leads? connect to an earth eg metal nr top of engine and then connect live, leave for 5 mins, rev the other car and then turn over cerb.

rob dance

200 posts

268 months

Saturday 15th January 2005
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Sounds like there is something on, as the battery is demanding more power that the charger fuse will allow.
are the lights on, or the hrw,
one option is to charge the battrey off the car ( or with it disconnected) but then you might disturb some of the gizmo`s/controls.... but the battery is flat anyhow so doing this can`t make things worse.

mrmop

Original Poster:

454 posts

284 months

Saturday 15th January 2005
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SORTED, cheers chaps, it was as predicted the battery was so flat ( due to my son knocking one of the rear interior lights on) that battery was demanding more power that the charger fuse would allow, left the jump leads connected for 5/10 minutes and she started 1st time that when I noticed the rear light on.

Thanks again.

bigjohnBOY

371 posts

288 months

Saturday 15th January 2005
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Nice one glad you sourced the problem , now for the de cat