V70: Starting after flat battery

[Derek UK]

To follow up on my post above I was able to get to my garage yesterday. It's been 8 months since I've paid a visit. I didn't have my meter with me. Put the Bosch in the V70. It had been sitting on the concrete floor, not ideal. Pulled the cover back on the Amazon Estate and screwed in the knob on the battery isolator. Interior light came on. A good sign. Put the key in and switched on the ignition. We have lights! Pulled choke full out as usual and pressed the starter button. Battery cranked at its normal fully charged speed and churned away with no reduction of pace for 20-25 seconds and the engine burst into life. Popped the choke in a bit and settled it to a fast idle. This car and many other Amazons always need a good spell of cranking to get the petrol to the carbs after standing a while, even just a few weeks. This was 8 months! Checked the Bosch when I got home and it had 12.39 volts. That would have started the Amazon OK too I think. I don't know what the one on the Amazon was down too. The Bosch was bought 16 - 5 - 14 so that is now 8 years old. It's seen service in 4 cars including a spell in the Amazon until I got a new one for that. Charged it on the low setting on my charger which is about 2.5 amps depending on the state of charge and left it overnight. It had 18 hours and has been off charge for 6 hours and now reads 12.81v so that one is good too. 👍