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[Chally]

Right tried the car agian this mornin and no life in the battery jump started the Omega of me Vectra and got to work. Put a multi meter on the battery and it seems to be charging okay was getting a reading of around 13.56v so from that I 'm assuming the alternator is working and charging the battery. I've left the car unlocked in the car park so this will eleminate the alarm from the circuit this way I can see if the alarm is drawing off the battery gonna give it til dinner then check the voltage agian. Will keep you all updated

[MutantCav]

Good luck

[Kevin Wood]

Check that the battery terminals don't get hot when running. Aften a poor contact here will prevent the battery charging properly. 13.5 volts is not going to charge the battery particularly well. It should be more like 14. - 14.5.

Kevin

[Chally]

Right think I'm getting to the bottom of this now left the car unlocked at work all day yesterday and the battery was fine at the end of the day. Had a read through the manual when I got home and it says that when you set the alarm it does a 10 second "self test" and if the LED flashes within this time it indicates theres something wrong with the system so gonna take it to Vauxhall and see if they can tell me what it is.

[Chally]

Problem is now sorted or at least thats what I hope. Had my window replaced (the one I smashed in order to get the lad who had climbed in through the boot with the keys and susbidentley got locked in the car when someone shut the boot) and locked the door with the key fob, the alarm LED stayed on constant and then flashed in a normal manner. So by my reckoning when I parked up on Saturday night one of the doors wasn't fully shut thus causing what would seem to be super sensitive sensors inside the car to trigger, this wasn't heard by me 'cos I was in a basement of a club stood next to a 2000W speaker :-/ this caused the initial drain on the old battery. The drain on the new battery would prob be cos when I temporary covered the window with a bit of plywood there was a gap, agian this would effect the sensors and drain the battery and also show up on the LED that something wasn't quite right with the alarm. So fingers crossed that now all my windows are intact and the fact that I am the original village idiot all will be well with the car. But if it lets me down agian this Saturday with alf a dozen tidy lookin girls stood there waiting for a lift home then it may well be advertised in the Car/Parts for sale section first thing Monday morning

[davlad22]

if it lets me down agian this Saturday with alf a dozen tidy lookin girls stood there waiting for a lift home then it may well be advertised in the Car/Parts for sale section first thing Monday morning

Respect! Sounds like you need a Zafira or something like that my man!

.....and whatever happened to sharing the love?.....you greedy bugger!  

[Kevin Wood]

alf a dozen tidy lookin girls

You're not Max Moseley, are you?

 

Kevin

[Chally]

if it lets me down agian this Saturday with alf a dozen tidy lookin girls stood there waiting for a lift home then it may well be advertised in the Car/Parts for sale section first thing Monday morning

Respect! Sounds like you need a Zafira or something like that my man!

.....and whatever happened to sharing the love?.....you greedy bugger!  

Sharing the love would be okay if I was getting some of the love but unfortunatley I'm only the knight in shining armour who takes them out and about and looks after them makin sure they don't get bothered by any scrotes. Just another use for my delicate 19 stone figure and at the end of the day it looks good for my image walkin into the pub with them :-P

[Chally]

You're not Max Moseley, are you?

 

Kevin

Nah Max only had the five of them with him and my girls are definatley not "Ladies of the night" or at least if they are they aint tellin me and I'm not gettin my pimpin money ;-)