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Nah but in seriousness. How many time would you have to start a hdi to kill the battery?
I've been working on the car in restricted space, so done a lot of starting turning the car around, turning off. The battery has had no chance to charge it as I've driven it for literally 2mins at a time.
Went out to go to town and turned the key, turns engine 3 times and proceeds to go slower and slower!
I've been playing with it a lot, it's got an after market alarm/central locking, it had a lot of excess wires and I trimmed those back. But I'm thinking I might have disturbed something? Or caused it to drain the battery somehow?
Had no warning lights before this
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sounds like it just needs a decent charge tbh
battery won't thankyou for endless starts and no charging though
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Sounds like old, shagged battery combined with short runs.
Replacement battery probably wouldn't go a-miss, but as long as you're careful, it'll probably last a while longer yet, just be aware that the battery is crap and you can't just stop/start it to move it around etc.
(16-05-2016, 10:45 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Oh I don't care about the stripped threads lol, that's easily solved by hammering the bolt in. 
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Replacement battery is on its way. Just wondered if there was anything else likely to drain?
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Seeing as it's got aftermarket bits and wiring mods it might be worth checking for a parasitic drain.
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I just wanted to know what the start current was... So I connected up my meter... There's now only a big pile of molten plastic...
(16-05-2016, 10:45 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Oh I don't care about the stripped threads lol, that's easily solved by hammering the bolt in.
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LOL LOL, sorry............... about 200 amps ( probably more as its a diesel and cold ) at first dropping to about 100 amps ish when the engine is spinning, the crank that is..........suprised fuse didn't blow in the dmm??
As a matter of interest I have a small dial amp meter which is placed along side a wire to "measure" amps, will give it a go to see if it still works.
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I charged the battery, stuck it back on and it started first time. Had something I had to do at work today so haven't managed to take much of a look at it yet
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Keep it on trickle charge if you can for s bit?
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