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Car battery flat and won't take charge!

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  • 01-11-2009 2:37pm
    #1
    baaaa
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    My girlfriend,not me,went away for a few weeks and left the car parked up with the interior light on.
    Batterys completely dead so I jumped it and drove halfway down m50 and back,parked it up for 20 mins and it died again.
    Jumped it again and it only drove for a few mins before cutting out at the lights.
    It won't hold a charge for some reason,batterys about 2 years old.
    Anybody any ideas?


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    peasant
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    That battery is dead ...get a new one


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    Max Headroom
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    Take the battery out or disconnect it and charge it properly . Most batteries have at least a two year guarantee..look for a receipt...


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    baaaa
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    Thanks pheasant,if that's the case it's not so bad as I thought.
    Any ideas why it won't take charge ,I mean this happens a lot and people just jump them and off they go.


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    baaaa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 606 ✭✭✭baaaa


    Max Headroom wrote: »
    Take the battery out or disconnect it and charge it properly . Most batteries have at least a two year guarantee..look for a receipt...
    Thanks,how do I charge it properly?


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    peasant
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    baaaa wrote: »
    Thanks pheasant,if that's the case it's not so bad as I thought.
    Any ideas why it won't take charge ,I mean this happens a lot and people just jump them and off they go.

    A really deep discharge (leaving the lights on a drawing current for a week) can irreparably damage the battery. All the water/acid evaporates and cells fuse ...that's it.

    You could try to take out the battery and bring it to a battery shop for them to measure and possibly re-fill it, but I would hold little hope ...but at least at that point you already have it in the shop for recycling :D


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    samhail
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    might it be worth while checking the electrolytes in the battery ? checking the water is filled up, if its not the sealed type of battery ?


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    #8
    baaaa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 606 ✭✭✭baaaa


    peasant wrote: »
    A really deep discharge (leaving the lights on a drawing current for a week) can irreparably damage the battery. All the water/acid evaporates and cells fuse ...that's it.

    You could try to take out the battery and bring it to a battery shop for them to measure and possibly re-fill it, but I would hold little hope ...but at least at that point you already have it in the shop for recycling :D
    Yeah thats it so.Car was left with lights on for 3 weeks.
    Nice 1.


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