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[dbug]

Still got your powersounder fitted mate?  Heard any beeps before battery went flat - typically when switching engine off and removing key?

[jereboam]

Still got your powersounder fitted mate?  Heard any beeps before battery went flat - typically when switching engine off and removing key?

No idea if power sounder still fitted - don't even know what it does or where it's fitted.  Definitely no beeps. 

[Andy B]

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No idea if power sounder still fitted - don't even know what it does or where it's fitted.  Definitely no beeps.

     How long have you been on this forum? 

Driver's side under the scuttle. It's a battery backed up siren for the alarm, ie it sounds in the event of you disconnecting the battery in preparation for stealing it (unless you disconnect the battery within 15 secs of turning the ignition off ........ that must ring a bell (ha ha) somewhere  )

[dbug]

Still got your powersounder fitted mate?  Heard any beeps before battery went flat - typically when switching engine off and removing key?

No idea if power sounder still fitted - don't even know what it does or where it's fitted.  Definitely no beeps.

Failing powersounder well known for killing batteries (and cars if it ignites!).

Suggest checking if still fitted - if so disconnect and remove it (best to chuck it in a bucket of water)

[jereboam]

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No idea if power sounder still fitted - don't even know what it does or where it's fitted.  Definitely no beeps.

     How long have you been on this forum?

Driver's side under the scuttle. It's a battery backed up siren for the alarm, ie it sounds in the event of you disconnecting the battery in preparation for stealing it (unless you disconnect the battery within 15 secs of turning the ignition off ........ that must ring a bell (ha ha) somewhere  )

Several hundred years! Problem is that I have a lousy memory, and it's getting worse by the day due to age and general decrepitude, which is why I've stopped using the forum on a regular basis. 

But now you mention the location of the powersounder, I do remember investigating it before.  So if it hasn't been disconnected yet, it's either broken or not causing any sort of problem.  Will have a look when it stops raining.

[Rods2]

The battery taking that sort of current, says to me that some plates are shorted. Your battery charger if it is a normal transformer one, may well have overheated and shorted out some of the windings from getting so hot. 

This will happen if a battery is allowed to be flat for any length of time. If it is a gel type battery, then if they do go flat, they must be charged with a special charger at a slow charging rate or it will kill it. 

Here are a couple of links explaining battery types and problems:

http://www.mpoweruk.com/leadacid.htm

http://www.solar-facts.com/batteries/battery-failure.php

If the car hadn't been used a lot prior to you stopping using it the battery may have already been in a low charge state and leaving it for 3 weeks enough to discharge it.

Where I work from home I suffer from batteries having a low charge at times (there is nothing more annoying than going to use the car and not enough charge in the battery to start it) so I'm looking at putting a 10-20w solar panel in the car with a cheap charging regulator. 

[symes]

left my mig for 3 weeks and when went to use it----all fine,started first time too