Chim Battery

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Why oh why didn’t TVR at least fit a lights on warning buzzer?

So I left the lights on overnight and not surprisingly very dead this morning. Does anybody reckon leaving the trickle charger connected through the cigar lighter will be enough to get it going? I haven’t got a full on charger.

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Alan_D350 said:

It will probably charge, but if it’s really flat it could be a looooong time before it’s back in a reasonable state, ready to start.
Look for a deal on a CTEK or similar as it’ll charge and maintain. Now we have one I wouldn’t have anything else.

Excuse my ignorance but what’s a CTEK please? I have found a Halfords battery charger but it says ‘for cars up to 2000cc’. I don’t understand why the size of the engine would make a difference.

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I went back to the car after 4 hours on the trickle charge. It now unlocks and I heard the petrol pump activate when I turned on the ignition so some progress. It won’t start or even turn over though.

Try again in the morning.

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So as above the battery conditioner initially brought back some life but it’s been on for a few days now and the car is completely dead again so I guess:-

1. The battery conditioner may have failed, is there a way of testing it?

2. The cigy lighter has disconnected so not taking the charge.

3. The battery is knackered, it’s 5 years old.

I can only think of getting the RAC to get it going and drive it to a TVR specialist to check all of the above.

Any other ideas?

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eliot said:

Not sure about a chim, but on a griff it’s a bit of a fiddle, what with the ecu resting on top of it and a ton of wires - not sure i would want anyone carelessly yanking things about too much in there - might be worth telling him to take his time and do a good job for a bit extra cash.

you’re right. I tried to get to the battery myself, at the moment the ecu and wires are in the passenger footwell. As I said I’m going to ask the RAC to get it going then drive it to Kerridges in Needham Market. They can do what’s needed and put all that stuff back.