Won't start...but battery fully charged

Post by **campbell** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:16 pm

Went as follows...

Brought his multimeter.

We had a coffee and a gossip.

Inspected the wiring to the starter and the battery.

Tested supply to the starter, was down at 10v ish, a bit low so suggests a weak battery (yet the trickle charger said was fine).

Tested the voltage at the battery, also 10-11v so definitely not at full strength but no earthing probs.

Hooked up the jump leads to the Golf Diesel (quote - "you could jump start the Space Shuttle with that thing) and cranked, started first pop.

Result = weak battery.

Retested battery while idling and while cranking, figures below norms so Robin concluded maybe one cell of the six had died.

New battery shortly to be acquired from local garage, £27.50 inc VAT!! (Sorry Neil!!...that's Hunters in Linlithgow, btw, for future ref).

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:47 pm

Cheers Campbell, that sounds like what I would have done and concluded, I was just curious if Robin had some wonder gadget to check out the individual cells on the battery. Or if he just used Jedi powers.

Post by **campbell** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:51 pm

His wonder gadget is of course that Brain The Size Of A Planet he carts around on his neck

And the multimeter and coffee come in handy occasionally too!

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:43 pm

if you need a battery, i bought one from halfords on sunday to put in my car, but i no longer need it.

Post by **campbell** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:03 pm

Neil,

I did hear about that

Sadly Hunters in Linlithgow look like they can supply one for £27.50 (including fitting...but I declined that part!!) and rumour has it Halfrauds relieved you of quite a bit more than that for yours?

My advice would be...stash yours, it will be needed soon enough!

Campbell

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:23 pm

yup, i had no option, only place we could get one on a sunday at short notice. Might see if i still have the receipt and return it

/ pikey faction

Post by **campbell** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 11:28 pm

Seriously, hang onto it or put it in the Classifieds. Will probably be of higher quality than my £27 effort so don't feel too stung!!

tut · Post by **tut** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:00 am

"His wonder gadget is of course that Brain The Size Of A Planet he carts around on his neck "

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Robin's secret weapon................

tut

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:50 am

mckeann wrote:if you need a battery, i bought one from halfords on sunday to put in my car, but i no longer need it.

is it size 0063? i take it that it fits in the car fine. I'm sure i read somewhere that finding a direct replacement is difficult. something about the clamp not being quite right and it being a bit*h to secure properly???

any truth in that, or am i talking bol*ocks (as usual)..

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:52 am

reason i ask is that during the last cold spell the elise was v slow starting. i know the cold can kill an ageing battery, and was steeling myself to have to replace it. fine now, but I guess the next bit of cold will finish it off...

robin · Post by **robin** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:48 am

mckeann wrote:yup, i had no option, only place we could get one on a sunday at short notice. Might see if i still have the receipt and return it

/ pikey faction

Yeah - I recovered the wee plastic covers and the battery is as new, so you could well return it!

Cheers,
Robin

robin · Post by **robin** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:50 am

063 is the size; I think you sometimes need to modify the bracket.

Cheers,
Robin

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:21 am

robin wrote:063 is the size; I think you sometimes need to modify the bracket.

Cheers,
Robin

hiscot · Post by **hiscot** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:32 pm

MacK wrote:Cheers Campbell, that sounds like what I would have done and concluded, I was just curious if Robin had some wonder gadget to check out the individual cells on the battery. Or if he just used Jedi powers.

I have a tester that goes across the posts ( from my batt lawnmower repair days ) , but as well as reading the gauge if a cell is dud it will bubble up instantly