pete mcrash

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tell me........................i've taken it off the car....do u unscrew/loosen the filling/venting caps.....????.......do u put it on trickle or full...????........whats the best/safest way to do it.....

ESCYSCOTT

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whack it on full!!

pete mcrash

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.........it is............just sick of my fatha telling me how to do it.....(it's my fookin' house...)

C4llyT

Stick it in the bin if it's old enough to not be maintenance free, not seen one of them for a long time
Or they do still do them, and I'm gonna look a fool.
Best to loosen the fill screw things.

pete mcrash

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cars been off the road for 6 weeks.....alarm has drained it........batterys only a year old

Warren

Pete

Best way to charge is go out and buy a new one, I think I can see the smoke from here

swerv

slow charge is best as im told.

also dont unplug the charger from the battery until you have turned it off at the mains first

Warren

I've just had a thought why not put some of your special brew in tonight rather than drinking it all

pete mcrash

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special brew is for special occasions.........................

Phil2002

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Take it off the car unscrew the caps put it on a slow trickle charge for 12 hours then let it stand for 12 hours. don't sit it on a concerte floor.

fuzzy

^why not a concrete floor?

flashpoint

A lot depends on what is wrong with the the battery in the first place... if it been left flat for a long time then a long slow charge will help bring the battery to full capacity.
a lot depends on what king of charger you have, most car battery are designed to be charged at the ten hour rate, thats one tenth of their capacity. and then to be left to over charge for some twenty percent... If the battery is relay flat you may have to leave it on charge for several days before it starts to charge... As for the caps you can normally leave them in place as they will have small vents in them to allow them to vent..

pete mcrash

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........^^^^^^.................

WD Pro

The best info on the thread

Defo leave the caps on as most are designed to vent and return as much moisture as poss back to the battery rather than to atmosphere

FletchCossie

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Buy a new one from Halfords and when this happens again take it back saying its faulty and swap it for a charged one

Dan

Exactly what i've just done with mine and it's fine now, plenty of life in it!

Red16

get yourself a battery optimiser for future use Pete... connect it up when youre not gonna be using the car ad it'll just trickle charge it to keep it in tip top condition



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Oxford-Oximise...QQcmdZViewItem

Dan

Good call Ben, i've got one on the Series 1 Haven't got any power where the Saph is though! ROFL

fraser9764

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i have heard of people using a solar panel, like you can get from caravan stores to charge their batteries.

pete mcrash

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hopefully i'll get my fuckn brakes back SOOOOOONNN.......and the car will be back to being abused everyday..........

Red16

bargain for 23 quid

cool any news on when that'll be?

pete mcrash

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was ment to be last week.......................then yesterday......and still not here.....sick as fuk..............