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General Car Chat / charging batteries
« on: 02 April 2020, 15:45:58 »
I'll ask here .... better chance of a reply rather than the MB's forum standard reply of take it to a dealer/indie. 
If I wanted to use a CTek on my ML due to it standing more than normal, does anyone know if the auxiliary battery in the 'boot' get charged if I just connect the charger to the jumper connections under the bonnet? (starter battery lives under the driver's seat) Access to the aux battery requires dismantling of the boot liner/carpet.
I'm not really sure what the aux battery is for .... some suggest it's something to do with stop/start.
If I wanted to use a CTek on my ML due to it standing more than normal, does anyone know if the auxiliary battery in the 'boot' get charged if I just connect the charger to the jumper connections under the bonnet? (starter battery lives under the driver's seat) Access to the aux battery requires dismantling of the boot liner/carpet.
I'm not really sure what the aux battery is for .... some suggest it's something to do with stop/start.
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General Discussion Area / 'key workers'
« on: 19 March 2020, 12:28:37 »
Who's going to define who or what a 'key worker' is when the powers that be say that schools are shut apart from to the kids of 'key workers'.
SWMBO works in ASDA, supermarkets are required to stay open, which obviously means the staff are required to turn up for work and obviously many of them have kids. Everybody who works in a supermarket is required to keep that store open.
SWMBO works in ASDA, supermarkets are required to stay open, which obviously means the staff are required to turn up for work and obviously many of them have kids. Everybody who works in a supermarket is required to keep that store open.
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General Discussion Area / sealed lead acid batteries
« on: 21 February 2020, 22:38:23 »
long story .... very short
My Mum has/had a 4 yr old motorbility scooter that was semi drowned in a recent flood. Unfortunately I didn't get chance to do anything with it sooner but last night I stripped the two battery cases (2x12v batteries in series) to find two batteries similar to these clicky Each battery showed next to the square root of f*** voltage wise. They have both been on a dumb battery charger over night .... 1 looks to be showing signs of taking a charge, but the other is showing about 6 volts.
Is the expert opinion that both batteries are beyond redemption or is there a chance of recovery?
My Mum has/had a 4 yr old motorbility scooter that was semi drowned in a recent flood. Unfortunately I didn't get chance to do anything with it sooner but last night I stripped the two battery cases (2x12v batteries in series) to find two batteries similar to these clicky Each battery showed next to the square root of f*** voltage wise. They have both been on a dumb battery charger over night .... 1 looks to be showing signs of taking a charge, but the other is showing about 6 volts.
Is the expert opinion that both batteries are beyond redemption or is there a chance of recovery?
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General Car Chat / Bump .... !@?&
« on: 20 February 2020, 17:14:49 »
Why is it when people drive into the back of you, they always seem to have a reason why it's your fault? Last night a girl ran into the back of the ML in stop, start rush hour traffic & apparently it was my because I didn't set off when most of the other traffic started to move 
.... reason being was that the car in front of me stalled so didn't move!
£1100 ..... though I knew the body shop I took it to wasn't the cheapest, but the chrome bit is over £400 on its own.
.... reason being was that the car in front of me stalled so didn't move! £1100 ..... though I knew the body shop I took it to wasn't the cheapest, but the chrome bit is over £400 on its own.
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General Discussion Area / 1917
« on: 19 February 2020, 19:55:52 »
went to see this last night ..... very very well filmed considering the topic of WW1 fatalities etc
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General Car Chat / Top Gear
« on: 02 February 2020, 20:13:41 »
They're playing with a stupidly fast McLaren that costs £2million ..... you'd think it would be able to display speed in mph as well as kph!
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General Discussion Area / Alarm speaker
« on: 05 January 2020, 15:45:11 »The alarm on my caravan
should beep once or twice when arming or dis-arming. Trouble is, at the moment, though the siren will blast out if the alarm is triggered, the speaker that should beep is only very very faint. I've opened up the alarm & think I've identified the little speaker itself as fubar'd .... if I put 9 volts across it (easier to use a 9 volt battery than bring a car battery into the house 
) I get a similar clicking sound as I do when arming or dis-arming.Anyone any suggestions as to where I might get hold of a similar speaker to this?
TIA
I found this which looks like it might be OK
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General Discussion Area / How much?
« on: 24 December 2019, 12:05:57 »
SWMBO usually gets a turkey crown from the supermarket/Costco but this year decided she wanted a fresh turkey and she was going to buy it from a proper local independent butcher. It was duly ordered the other week and she went to collect it yesterday. In hindsight she should have probably asked how much it would be as she ordered it but she didn't ..
... £68!!!!
It'd better be bl**dy nice!
... £68!!!!
It'd better be bl**dy nice!
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Omega General Help / abandoned Omegas
« on: 27 November 2019, 20:39:40 »
There's been a semi abandoned 2.5 Omega near me that has sat there un-loved for at least a few years that I know of click here
Jut walked passed today & it's slowly disappearing under the greenery .....
I wonder how many others are like it
Jut walked passed today & it's slowly disappearing under the greenery .....
I wonder how many others are like it
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General Car Chat / Money obviously can't buy taste ....
« on: 26 November 2019, 10:33:36 »
.... https://www.autoblog.com/2019/11/21/mercedes-maybach-gls-600/#slide-2188561
IMHO it's bl**dy awful ...... but so is the Bentayga
IMHO it's bl**dy awful ...... but so is the Bentayga
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General Car Chat / Fingers crossed I've not broke it
« on: 26 November 2019, 09:57:54 »
.... SWMBOs car is due a service, I'm too bone idle to crawl under it so I A framed'd it to Citroen which is about 6 miles awayand due to traffic barely got to 30mph the whole journey.
When I got there I realised I'd left it in Reverse & not neutral (it's a slush box auto) 
I drove it around their car park OK
When I got there I realised I'd left it in Reverse & not neutral (it's a slush box auto)
I drove it around their car park OK 59
General Discussion Area / Top 5%
« on: 22 November 2019, 13:48:07 »
If anyone was watching question time last night ..... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/50517136
Not sure what he must do for a living in Bolton if he's earning more than £80k ...
Not sure what he must do for a living in Bolton if he's earning more than £80k ...
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General Discussion Area / Cse woodwork
« on: 18 November 2019, 08:11:56 »
I wish I'd had chance to respond to the idea that I only had a CSE wood qualification to my name before the thread was locked. 