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Jay w

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slow to turn this morning
« on: 05 October 2007, 13:13:20 »
It was a bit on the cold side this morn, about 3 degrees round here, jumped in the car, flicked the ignition and all the needles flickered like mad, this i know is a sign of poor battery voltage, went to turn it over and she only just caught  :-/

at the battery she is getting 14.5 volts, it is a vaux battery that is only 18 months old and is green on the spyglass, nothing wa left on overnight and i am a bit worried as i live miles from anywhere and getting into work will be a real mare if i have a problem.

I want to check for a voltage drain, any suggestions as to where i should be looking? So far i have checked the boot light, interior lights and parking lights, none of those are staying on

The car does a fair bit of mileage per week and so shouldn't be getting to the point where it is not chargine the battery through lack of use
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Re:  slow to turn this morning
« Reply #1 on: 05 October 2007, 13:14:39 »
Does it have a jacket? (the battery)
« Last Edit: 05 October 2007, 13:14:57 by irmscherkris »
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Re:  slow to turn this morning
« Reply #2 on: 05 October 2007, 13:16:15 »
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Does it have a jacket? (the battery)

oh yes, she is wrapped up nice and snug
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Re:  slow to turn this morning
« Reply #3 on: 05 October 2007, 13:22:52 »
I had this intermittently on my last Omega, had a garage check it out for two days, nothing wrong.
Turned out I was leaving the indicator on occasionally & therefor the parking light  :-[
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Re:  slow to turn this morning
« Reply #4 on: 05 October 2007, 13:37:56 »
Did you check battery heads, are they clean and touch perfectly ?
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Re:  slow to turn this morning
« Reply #5 on: 05 October 2007, 16:31:58 »
Seen 2 issues before, both would flatten it completely - heated rear window relay sticking, and a CDL motor problem.
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Re:  slow to turn this morning
« Reply #6 on: 05 October 2007, 16:44:51 »
i had this problem and firstly renewed the battery. then a week later the bloody same thing happened so i checked everything but could not find a problem?  the only thing i could think it may have been was a slightly opened vanity mirror left by my 11 going on 23 year old. if it is worrying you then do as i have done buy one of these booster pack-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12-VOLT-CAR-BATTERY-BOOSTER-PACK-AIR-COMPRESSOR_W0QQitemZ320166853666QQihZ011QQcategoryZ82529QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItems-

it can be trickle charged from the ciggy socket or mains and you have the options of a light and a tyre pump.

good luck.
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