Flat battery

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bren
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:38 pm

I am having a problem with my battery. It is a quality Banner battery and only about 6 months old. Last week I tried to start the car and the battery failed. I jumped it and brought it to a garage and it turned out that the altanator wasn't charging the battery fully. I had the altanator changed and it worked for about 2 weeks. This morning the car wouldn't start again, no lights left on or anything like that. What could be draining my battery so heavily????? :cry:
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:15 pm

i got that but i thought it was my alarm system was draining it becuase the car isnt being run ???
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:54 pm

Yeah thats what I thought it was as my alarm has been giving me a pain in the ass recently. Any quick fixes, I have already paid 250 euro for a replacement altanator and labour, don't want to pay much more.
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:50 pm

do you have a DVM ?
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:54 am

Whats a DVM? Digital Voltage Meter??
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:40 am

sorry yes, there are some basic checks you could do to try and find the fault.
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