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Mar 16th, 2018, 20:03 | #21 |
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Seems likely something is draining the battery when you are away from the car for a week or more - often called a parasitic drain. A dodgy alternator rectifier is one way this could happen but there could be others. A battery isolator switch is a cheap way to address the symptoms but you could take fuses out while measuring the drain current to localise the offending device - boot light, glovebox light, radio etc.
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Mar 16th, 2018, 20:37 | #22 | |
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Mar 17th, 2018, 18:46 | #23 | |
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Mar 20th, 2018, 17:24 | #24 |
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QuickFit have got back to me saying yes I have a 3 year guarantee and I can take it to any centre to have it replaced, which sounds promising. Even if it's a crap battery, it's still new so should be better than the 2.5 year old crap battery currently in the car?
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Apr 2nd, 2018, 23:10 | #25 |
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Just came back after 13 days today, again dead battery!
Luckily the jumpstarter worked perfectly first time, so that was definitely a worthwhile investment!! Going to hopefully take it to **ik fit at the weekend to get the battery replaced under warranty.
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Apr 6th, 2018, 17:28 | #26 |
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KFit checked the battery and alternator today.. Apparently they're both fine, so the only thing I can think of now is that it must be parasitic leak?
I want to try and locate the black box and take it out to eliminate it as a cause.
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May 26th, 2018, 11:10 | #27 |
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Finally removed the black box today.. So I'll see if it goes flat when I'm next away for my car for a solid 9 days!
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