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Re: Flat battery
« Reply #15 on: 25 October 2009, 19:41:30 »
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My old man had an intermittent fault just like this years ago, turned out to be the manifold heater relay intermittently sticking on.

Now I know the Mig doesn't have a PTC, but it does have other high current devices that are fed via relays (eg, heated screen).

I'd also stick an ammeter in series with the battery and measure the quiescent current.

Happened to me too. Rear heated screen relay welded shut and the first I knew was when the police phoned me at 3 o'clock in the morning to ask me to shut my car alarm up. ;D

There's me running around in my dressing gown trying to find the alarm (this was a Laguna and they're well hidden). Ended up with a couple of damp towels on the scuttle and wait for it to get bored. ;D

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Re: Flat battery
« Reply #16 on: 26 October 2009, 08:39:36 »
I need notice for the AVO, its currently on 110 tons of loco!

Your biggest issue AA is all your short runs, it results in the plates sulphating up.
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« Reply #17 on: 26 October 2009, 09:40:55 »
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I need notice for the AVO, its currently on 110 tons of loco!

Your biggest issue AA is all your short runs, it results in the plates sulphating up.

.. so try 25 MPH instead of 45 MPH to make them a little longer.  :y

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Re: Flat battery
« Reply #18 on: 26 October 2009, 16:07:39 »
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I need notice for the AVO, its currently on 110 tons of loco!

Your biggest issue AA is all your short runs, it results in the plates sulphating up.

What do you mean, short runs, I'll have you know I average 1.5 miles a day. ::)

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Re: Flat battery
« Reply #19 on: 29 October 2009, 16:26:14 »
Bit the bullet, and bought one of these.

http://www.ringautomotive.co.uk/product_detail.asp?prod=1372

Not cheap, but brilliant piece of kit.
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Re: Flat battery
« Reply #20 on: 01 November 2009, 10:12:03 »
Can't praise this charger enough, a golf trolley battery, which I thought had had it, now works again. :y
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