Bugger. Flat Battery.
Discussion
Hi all!
I'm just after a bit of advice. My DB7 has been laid up in the garage since October due to work and the awful weather up north. I had it on a trickle charger and conditioner which has always worked fine. However, this time it seems it hasn't done its job properly.
As is typical with these things, I removed the charger as normal, let the boot close, went to start up the car and then realised something was up. As the boot is power operated I now can't get back in to recharge the battery or even jump start it.
Can anybody help?! I should realised when the window didn't drop properly when I open the drivers door but as usual I was too excited to get my car out and make the most of a sunny morning (which has now turned cloudy...).
Thanks in advance (I also feel like a bit of a pillock).
I'm just after a bit of advice. My DB7 has been laid up in the garage since October due to work and the awful weather up north. I had it on a trickle charger and conditioner which has always worked fine. However, this time it seems it hasn't done its job properly.
As is typical with these things, I removed the charger as normal, let the boot close, went to start up the car and then realised something was up. As the boot is power operated I now can't get back in to recharge the battery or even jump start it.
Can anybody help?! I should realised when the window didn't drop properly when I open the drivers door but as usual I was too excited to get my car out and make the most of a sunny morning (which has now turned cloudy...).
Thanks in advance (I also feel like a bit of a pillock).
bob1179 said:
Hi all!
I'm just after a bit of advice. My DB7 has been laid up in the garage since October due to work and the awful weather up north. I had it on a trickle charger and conditioner which has always worked fine. However, this time it seems it hasn't done its job properly.
As is typical with these things, I removed the charger as normal, let the boot close, went to start up the car and then realised something was up. As the boot is power operated I now can't get back in to recharge the battery or even jump start it.
Can anybody help?! I should realised when the window didn't drop properly when I open the drivers door but as usual I was too excited to get my car out and make the most of a sunny morning (which has now turned cloudy...).
Thanks in advance (I also feel like a bit of a pillock).
I might be missing the point here but there is a lock under the Aston badge (it always sticks up for me after I open the boot I'm just after a bit of advice. My DB7 has been laid up in the garage since October due to work and the awful weather up north. I had it on a trickle charger and conditioner which has always worked fine. However, this time it seems it hasn't done its job properly.
As is typical with these things, I removed the charger as normal, let the boot close, went to start up the car and then realised something was up. As the boot is power operated I now can't get back in to recharge the battery or even jump start it.
Can anybody help?! I should realised when the window didn't drop properly when I open the drivers door but as usual I was too excited to get my car out and make the most of a sunny morning (which has now turned cloudy...).
Thanks in advance (I also feel like a bit of a pillock).
). Can you not just stick your key in there? I know they're sometimes a bit sticky because they're never used but a bit of WD40 should do the trick.That's somewhat annoying!
I've run our battery conditioner on a V8V via the socket in the car rather than the boot one. The conditioner appears to do the business fine without any issue.
Assuming a similar arrangement on a DB7 (and that your conditioner conects via a regular cigarette lighter plug), if you plug your conditioner into the socket in the car it's probable it will give sufficient juice to open the boot.
I don't believe that there is any risk associated with this as both the in-car and boot mounted sockets would have protection (fuses) of a rating appropriate for the wiring.
Failing that, I'm out of ideas!
Good luck
I've run our battery conditioner on a V8V via the socket in the car rather than the boot one. The conditioner appears to do the business fine without any issue.
Assuming a similar arrangement on a DB7 (and that your conditioner conects via a regular cigarette lighter plug), if you plug your conditioner into the socket in the car it's probable it will give sufficient juice to open the boot.
I don't believe that there is any risk associated with this as both the in-car and boot mounted sockets would have protection (fuses) of a rating appropriate for the wiring.
Failing that, I'm out of ideas!
Good luck
ChrisDB7 said:
I might be missing the point here but there is a lock under the Aston badge (it always sticks up for me after I open the boot ). Can you not just stick your key in there? I know they're sometimes a bit sticky because they're never used but a bit of WD40 should do the trick.
This ^^ ). Can you not just stick your key in there? I know they're sometimes a bit sticky because they're never used but a bit of WD40 should do the trick.However don't twist too hard as you could shear the key!! If you haven't used it before, free it off...
Diablos-666 said:
I'd check the battery too, if it was flat for a long time it might not be 100% anymore.
I'd change the battery and screw messing about checking it. As stated a flat battery is rarely much cop afterwards.Dying batteries are a royal pain and in my experience (not with an Aston) can have very undesirable consequences with imobilisers etc which will far exceed the cost of a battery.
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