Advice sought (again)
Discussion
Further to my earlier posts re. starting problems and AccuMate battery conditioners....
I took delivery of the aforementioned gizmo this afternoon - but on wiring it up, I find nothing but the power on lamp. This seems to indicate that the battery is totally sh*gged (despite it only being 15 months old!). So despite the gizmo, I still cannot start the Chim on demand.
Does anyone know of a service where a mobile unit will bring a new battery out and fit it onsite (ie. at my house)? I cannot face jump-starting the car (again) and taking it somewhere to have a new battery fitted. I also imagine not many places want the awful job of fitting a new battery, given the stupid place it lives and how inaccessible it is. I anticipate that only a TVR dealer would want this task...
Any advice anyone can offer would be welcomed. I am close to the end of my tether over this.
I took delivery of the aforementioned gizmo this afternoon - but on wiring it up, I find nothing but the power on lamp. This seems to indicate that the battery is totally sh*gged (despite it only being 15 months old!). So despite the gizmo, I still cannot start the Chim on demand.
Does anyone know of a service where a mobile unit will bring a new battery out and fit it onsite (ie. at my house)? I cannot face jump-starting the car (again) and taking it somewhere to have a new battery fitted. I also imagine not many places want the awful job of fitting a new battery, given the stupid place it lives and how inaccessible it is. I anticipate that only a TVR dealer would want this task...
Any advice anyone can offer would be welcomed. I am close to the end of my tether over this.
Thanks for the reply.
From reading the instructions it says if only the power light is on then the battery is probably beyond recharging. The yellow and green LED's don't come on. The red light that indicates incorrect polarity is off, so that seems okay.
I have tried charging via both the cigarette lighter adaptor AND the crocodile clips direct onto the battery - which is how I have left it, to see if an overnight charge will kick-it into life again.
>> Edited by CharlieAlpha66 on Tuesday 28th September 18:43
From reading the instructions it says if only the power light is on then the battery is probably beyond recharging. The yellow and green LED's don't come on. The red light that indicates incorrect polarity is off, so that seems okay.
I have tried charging via both the cigarette lighter adaptor AND the crocodile clips direct onto the battery - which is how I have left it, to see if an overnight charge will kick-it into life again.
>> Edited by CharlieAlpha66 on Tuesday 28th September 18:43
From what i can gather these small chargers are only meant to be used to "top up" a battery.They are not meant to be used to charge one from a totally discharged state.
You are going to need a good quality charger 6 Amp or above,and also depending on whether the battery is any good in the first place.
You are going to need a good quality charger 6 Amp or above,and also depending on whether the battery is any good in the first place.
ian8542 said:
From what i can gather these small chargers are only meant to be used to "top up" a battery.They are not meant to be used to charge one from a totally discharged state.
You are going to need a good quality charger 6 Amp or above,and also depending on whether the battery is any good in the first place.
I thought that too Ian but the instructions say it will charge from flat (over 1-2 days). The yellow light needs to be on to show it is capable of charging though. Maybe I have been misled...
CharlieAlpha66 said:
Does anyone know of a service where a mobile unit will bring a new battery out and fit it onsite (ie. at my house)?
RAC ? Assuming you have cover ? They fitted a new battery in my V8S last year. price is OK and fitting is not charged. Gauranteed for 12 months too IIRC
Stuart
These little battery conditioners are a great bit of kit. But they are only designed to maintain a good battery, effectively stopping it from dying whilst your car is not being used.
As has been suggested the AA/RAC/GREEWOTSITS could give your car a battery boost and then your conditioner should do the job of keeping your battery in peak form, unless its shagged.
As has been suggested the AA/RAC/GREEWOTSITS could give your car a battery boost and then your conditioner should do the job of keeping your battery in peak form, unless its shagged.
tubbystu said:
Does anyone know of a service where a mobile unit will bring a new battery out and fit it onsite (ie. at my house)?
RAC ? Assuming you have cover ? They fitted a new battery in my V8S last year. price is OK and fitting is not charged. Gauranteed for 12 months too IIRC
Stuart
This sounds promising!
I am in the RAC as it happens. Did they fit this new battery for you after being called out to a breakdown then? Or do they offer a battery replacement service?
crankedup said:
These little battery conditioners are a great bit of kit. But they are only designed to maintain a good battery, effectively stopping it from dying whilst your car is not being used.
As has been suggested the AA/RAC/GREEWOTSITS could give your car a battery boost and then your conditioner should do the job of keeping your battery in peak form, unless its shagged.
It should not be sh*gged at just 15 months old surely? I wonder how long it is/was guaranteed for..?
If a battery has been allowed to completly discharge this can damage the battery cells. Although it may only be one or perhaps two cells this could be enough to affect the power required to crank your car. I have a little battery tester, a glass tube with a rubber squeeze bulb, think you can still buy them and they were cheap. Or get the AA man to give the batterya test.
crankedup said:
If a battery has been allowed to completly discharge this can damage the battery cells. Although it may only be one or perhaps two cells this could be enough to affect the power required to crank your car. I have a little battery tester, a glass tube with a rubber squeeze bulb, think you can still buy them and they were cheap. Or get the AA man to give the batterya test.
More than likely this is what has happened then. I have had starting troubles since May. This is the third time the battery has been so flat that the door openers won't even play! I wonder if there is a fault in the wiring somewhere, causing this much discharge? The clock is the only thing 'on' when the car is secured in my garage.
Can you easily get in at the battery cells? Peering into the dark hole where it lives, there does not seem much room for anything other than connecting crocodile clips!?
>> Edited by CharlieAlpha66 on Tuesday 28th September 19:35
CharlieAlpha66 said:
CharlieAlpha66 said:
Does anyone know of a service where a mobile unit will bring a new battery out and fit it onsite (ie. at my house)?
RAC ? Assuming you have cover ? They fitted a new battery in my V8S last year. price is OK and fitting is not charged. Gauranteed for 12 months too IIRC
Stuart
This sounds promising!
I am in the RAC as it happens. Did they fit this new battery for you after being called out to a breakdown then? Or do they offer a battery replacement service?
No, I got up one morning and had no juice at all. 30 mins later MR RAC turns up, tests battery and condemns it.
He tells me price of one he has in van and bingo. Go for biggest power rating he has (600 amp crank) though.
1 hour later
You do need home start though !
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