Battery charging time?

[cloggy]

After driving about for an afternoon, how long should it take for the trickle charger to 'show' a green light to indicate the battery is full again?

I am getting a bit paranoid as my battery got drained a few monts ago and the trickle charger took two days to load the battery again and now it takes at least 4 to 5 hours after I have been driving around.

Maybe the battery is on the way out, maybe not, I am a total numpty with electrickery.

[bigdods]

Hi Cloggy, Im no expert but once you've deep drained the battery thats pretty much the end of its life. In my experience driving around for an afternoon should give you a fully charged battery. I killed a battery a while back by fully discharging it (must get that headlights on warning buzzer!) and it wouldnt hold a decent charge afterwards.

[cloggy]

bigdods said:

Hi Cloggy, Im no expert but once you've deep drained the battery thats pretty much the end of its life. In my experience driving around for an afternoon should give you a fully charged battery. I killed a battery a while back by fully discharging it (must get that headlights on warning buzzer!) and it wouldnt hold a decent charge afterwards.

Where did you get your new one and did they change/install it for you?

[Tangoed]

If the battery is almost discharged and you try and start the car, or use a lot of current, it can damage the innner plates so it wont hold the charge.

[bettyboo]

i flatened my batterey once i found the trikle charger was not enough to charge the bat back up so i used batterey charger to re charge.i was fine after that.cause you may have damaged bat to much.bettyboo

[bigdods]

cloggy said:

bigdods said:

Hi Cloggy, Im no expert but once you've deep drained the battery thats pretty much the end of its life. In my experience driving around for an afternoon should give you a fully charged battery. I killed a battery a while back by fully discharging it (must get that headlights on warning buzzer!) and it wouldnt hold a decent charge afterwards.

Where did you get your new one and did they change/install it for you?

Only just noticed this question...better late than never ! Type 072 battery from halfords , make sure you get the one with about 550 CCA (they do a low power on of the same type which wont do the job). I popped over to topcats and they changed it for me in 20 minutes for a few quid :-)

[cloggy]

bigdods said:

cloggy said:

bigdods said:

Hi Cloggy, Im no expert but once you've deep drained the battery thats pretty much the end of its life. In my experience driving around for an afternoon should give you a fully charged battery. I killed a battery a while back by fully discharging it (must get that headlights on warning buzzer!) and it wouldnt hold a decent charge afterwards.

Where did you get your new one and did they change/install it for you?

Only just noticed this question...better late than never ! Type 072 battery from halfords , make sure you get the one with about 550 CCA (they do a low power on of the same type which wont do the job). I popped over to topcats and they changed it for me in 20 minutes for a few quid :-)

Thanks, I replaced mine with a Bosch S40 27 S4 (630 crank rating) at my local MOT station and they fitted it for free too.
I did it just for the Dutch trip 2 weeks ago, I did not want to get stuck on the ferry or in Holland.