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  • it's all gone horribly wrong 27 Oct 2003 (Forum)
    citroen ax 1.1i won't start - Got someone to test the battery, they said it had no charge, it wasn't getting a charge and and alternator wasn't working - went and got new alternator from shop. Fitted alternator into place connected up wiring put battery on charge this morning put battery into place connected up battery and got sparks at the terminal removed connections but not in time for smoke to appear.
  • Mini charging problem 5 Mar 2003 (Forum)
    I'm terrible with electrics, the alternator when the engine is running gives 14v but the voltage at the battery/starter solenoid is only what is left in the battery 12.5v when I have charged it but only 9.7v after i drove from Newcastle to Leeds. I have tried different starter motors and the cable between battery, in the boot, and starter appears to be ok.
  • Toyota Avensis 02 Reg - Bonnet release 11 Aug 2013 (Forum)
    Hi. Our bonnet release catch won't work and our battery is flat. Does anyone know how we can release the bonnet to get to the battery? Thanks
  • Ford Focus - focus battery 29 Dec 2010 (Forum)
    can anybody help me  is the green light mileometer display  next to the spedo  surposed to stay on all the time even when the car...
  • 2014 RAV4 - Towing electrics 30 Aug 2020 (Forum)
    My otherwise perfect (literally!) 2014 RAV4 has been prone to run down its battery prematurely since fitting towing electrics 4 or so years ago.  It's only a minor inconvenience (as I now use a battery isolator when parking for extended periods) but ideally I would like to fix the issue one day.
  • Citroeon Berlingo 750 hdi - Help for a newbie please 23 Jun 2020 (Forum)
    Eventuall got it recovered and towed to a local garage. They did a diagnostic check and said a list of faults are showing yet before I took it for a battery change there was absolutely nothing wrong with it. I dont want a garage to rip.me off by saying this that and the other is wrong when its obviously something to do with the battery being disconnected for a while.
  • Nissan Micra - 04 micra stalling and battery drain 25 Nov 2014 (Forum)
    I have disconnected the boot switch just to check and the beep is still there.   Any idea what that could be and what's draining the battery?   It's pain in the butt when engine cuts off when battery is dead. Jump start works perfectly fine. Thanks in advance.
  • Ford Mondeo - Expected battery drain when standing? 26 Jan 2014 (Forum)
    But was it? Battery looks fairly new, don't mind replacing it but need to know what the problem is. Tried a meter when standing, but left door open and forgot it has footwell lights, meter with 250mA fuse blew. If my maths is right that needs 3W which seems reasonable that it could have been the light.
  • 1995 Hyundai accent 1.5 auto - Battery dies on starting!!! 4 Nov 2013 (Forum)
    This morning I the central locking didn't work, put key in completely dead no dash lights at all. Checked main fuse, ok. put new another battery in car turned over couple of times and died dash lights faded out completely after few seconds. put meter on both batterys completely life less no reading at all, yet second battery was fully charged before installing it!
  • Citroen Xsara (1997 - 2004) - 00 2.0 HDI battery light, boot switch, fan problem 6 Jun 2009 (Forum)
    Strangely enough, the fan goes off, and the lights dip when the battery light comes on??? I drive 80 miles a day, and have no starting problems, so i assume the battery and alternator are ok. The other problem is the boot switch, when i unlock the car with key fob, the boot switch activates, i press boot release button 10 times and am ok for my journey, if i just open and close boot, it opens when i start car, please point me in the right direction, it's driving me mad, Thanks Gareth {post amended to remove all the SHOUTING!}
  • Citroen Saxo (1997 - 2003) - Battery light comes on despite three alternators. 1 Oct 2007 (Forum)
    We managed to drive to Dover without a problem & then on the ferry the light came on again & the same problem happened all over again. We then changed the alternator again with a brand new one, bought a new battery & new battery terminals it was working fine & 10 days later it happened again. She went into a garage Friday & was apparently fixed drove her all day yesterday without a problem & then it happened again last night.
  • Nokia Mobile Battery Issue (BL-5C) 17 Aug 2007 (Forum)
    Nokia is offering to replace 46 million batteries for its mobile phones after reports of overheating while charging. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6945593.stm If you own any of the following Nokia mobile phone models: 1100, 1100c, 1101, 1108, 1110, 1112, 1255, 1315, 1600, 2112, 2118, 2255, 2272, 2275, 2300, 2300c, 2310, 2355, 2600, 2610, 2610b, 2626, 3100, 3105, 3120, 3125, 6030, 6085, 6086, 6108, 6175i, 6178i, 6230, 6230i, 6270, 6600, 6620, 6630, 6631, 6670, 6680, 6681, 6682, 6820, 6822, 7610, N70, N71, N72, N91, E50, E60 And purchased sometime between December 2005 and November 2006 (or even slightly later allowing for old stock to be used up) , then visit the following website to see if your battery is affected.
  • AX charging fault 12 Jul 2001 (Forum)
    After noticing the lack of battery light, I put a simple voltmeter on the battery; engine off 12.5 volts, during starting drops to 11.5 volts, tickover 12.5 volts, rev the engine to 2500 approx, and there's suddenly 14.5 volts. Moreover there's 14.5 volts when the engine revs fall back to tickover again.
  • 2016 Ford Galaxy - Ford BMS Reset- Heated Screen not working. 30 Dec 2022 (Forum)
    Once they had gone I checked the battery voltage and it had dropped to a reading of 12.2v after car only started a couple of times. Decided as it’s 6 years old it’s time for a new battery. Had a new battery fitted by a well known car parts superstore.
  • Getting a car's alternator to charge the battery 20 Nov 2020 (Forum)
      When my last battery failed in the summer, the RAC man checked the alternator and found it to be working fine.
  • citreon xsara picasso 2.0 hdi - battery fuse keeps blowing no ignition nothing? 6 Apr 2014 (Forum)
    bought new terminal fuse and    bang!!!!! frighten the s --t out of me no igni-nothing.
  • Ford Mondeo II (1996 - 2000) - 98 1.8d alternator 23 Jan 2010 (Forum)
    hello, just fitted a new brand alternator not a recon and the battery light is still on, the battery its self is fine, what else could it be? thanks
  • Battery car this AM on BBC News.. 8 Jul 2008 (Forum)
    Sorry, missed the make.. But they were seemingly pressing on the polycarbonate headlight its self to allegedly call it flimsy and then talking in terms...
  • All EV’s - Batteries & Charging 4 Dec 2021 (Forum)
    Anything faster than 22kW will be DC, and charging speeds are up to 350kW (rare). Typically a rapid charger will be 50-150kW. The same maths apply - divide the battery capacity by the charge rate to get a time. 150kW into a 75kWH battery gives 30 minutes - however it’s not not quite linear at this point as charging speed will slow as the battery gets to 80% charged in the interest of battery management.
  • Ford Fiesta Van 1.8d 1999 - new altonator but still wont charge grrrr! 30 Mar 2015 (Forum)
    hi all pleas can someone keep me sane,, the battery was not charging on the van but fine off battery charger so i changed the altonator, to my utter frustration it still will not charge, the 2 wires on off the back of it 1 to battery 1 to dash are both in the correct places is there a fuse/relay that i have missed?
 

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