Has anyone ever noticed.....

[Bollycerb]

..that a trickle charger works far better if it's switched on at the mains

Battery is as flat as a pancake after two weeks inactivity

[bobbins]

Made that mistake once! You won't do it again...

[Bollycerb]

Telling me! I've recharged the battery overnight and now the car is sulking and wont idle for some reason. It starts Ok but I have to keep applying some revs otherwise it just dies....

[cerb4.5lee]

Ive done this aswell, its so annoying you think you have piece of mind & then you make a silly mistake!

[C3BER]

I see this all the time with batteries going flat quickly. Not sure why after just two weeks this happens but I can only guess the little square box is shot.

As for the lack of idle. Give it some beans over a good 30mins and see if it settles down.

[Mr Cerbera]

Bollycerb said:

..that a trickle charger works far better if it's switched on at the mains

Battery is as flat as a pancake after two weeks inactivity

Just can't comprehend that statement

[Bollycerb]

I work away from home during the week, and was away with the family last weekend so car stayed at home

Have taken the car out for a run now and it had settled down - it just doesnt like the cold!

Unfortunately now the power steering has stopped working....

[pmessling]

Can't do that with the c-tek charger i use as you have to select what charging cycle you want to use. Just plugged mine in after that frost last night.

[Mr Cerbera]

Bollycerb said:

I work away from home during the week, and was away with the family last weekend so car stayed at home

Have taken the car out for a run now and it had settled down - it just doesnt like the cold!

Unfortunately now the power steering has stopped working....

Mine too - still, hardly Black Beauty's fault as I had let the level drop off the dipstick.
Made for an interesting drive today though

[bobbins]

You'll have arms like Popeye now then.

[DAVEY DEE]

How could anyone not plug their....hang on a minute......DOH!