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[Wayne]

yeah i know what your saying matey
but when i took this battery when fittied to my car to where i bought it, the guy said the battery was fine when he did a voltage test.... this is whats driving me nuts from different people.............alternator?...............battery.............
round and round we go, lol

[Marks DTM Calib]

yeah i know what your saying matey
but when i took this battery when fittied to my car to where i bought it, the guy said the battery was fine when he did a voltage test.... this is whats driving me nuts from different people.............alternator?...............battery.............
round and round we go, lol

A voltage test will tell you nowt....if it has a high resistance cell then it will give a good voltage reading and not start a car.

It needs a proper drop test!

But, forget alternator until you have a charged and working battery

[Kevin Wood]

Wayne, You're just adding to the uncertainties here, which is not bringing us closer to a diagnosis. 

Put the charger on it and make sure the battery has without doubt had the opportunity to take a decent amount of charge.

If it won't start with a fully charged battery, but will from a jump start, then it can only point to the battery.

A faulty battery could be loading the alternator and causing the other effects that you are seeing. Eliminate the battery first, then see where we are. 

Kevin

[Wayne]

OKAY

i will take the battery out of its housing and leave it charging for the weekend, instea dof doing it while attached to the car..
then go from there, if it drains which i know it will do, then i just dont know

powersounder probably

[Wayne]

thanks guys, im off to Germany in the morning, driving there in our band wagon to play "Bon Jovi" for the british troops over in hamlyn, 
so on my return i can have a play and finally put this matter to rest..... its driving me nuts!!
im gonna rip that f*****g powersounder out for a start!
put a fully charged battery in and then if it wont start, its getting thrown in the face of the manager at National Tyres Abingdon Road in Oxford! as he assured me the battery was fine!
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Marks DTM Calib]

OKAY

i will take the battery out of its housing and leave it charging for the weekend, instea dof doing it while attached to the car..
then go from there, if it drains which i know it will do, then i just dont know

powersounder probably

Lol, we have already told you to disconnect the power sounder.....

[Wayne]

yes i know you have but as you know im THICK!  lol

why does the powersounder do this if the batteries inside it are flat?
who designed this car because i wanna rip his throat out!! 

[Marks DTM Calib]

yes i know you have but as you know im THICK!  lol

why does the powersounder do this if the batteries inside it are flat?
who designed this car because i wanna rip his throat out!! 

Cars dont have throats. 

Any battery with only a simple charger setup will draw a current until its charged.......if the battery is goosed then this can be for an indefinate period 

Simples.

[Jimbob]

and if you are really lucky...the powersounder can sponteneously combust!

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1259433462

you have been warned...unplug it!

[Wayne]

aarrgghhhhhhhhhh

i forgot to tell you guys!
after not using my car for 2 weeks, when i did get it jump started from the booster pack, i saw SMOKE coming from near the Alternator, as you look at the engine bay from above, it was towards the bottom right of the engine, sort of smoke like someones got a cigarette on the go and then it stopped when cars been running for 2 minutes....  what the hell is that? lol
i know the powersounder is top left of the engine, so it cant be that!

bloody nightmare!

[Kaycee]

i would say if you dont sort alt/batt you wont be able to sell it as it will go up in flames

[Marks DTM Calib]

aarrgghhhhhhhhhh

i forgot to tell you guys!
after not using my car for 2 weeks, when i did get it jump started from the booster pack, i saw SMOKE coming from near the Alternator, as you look at the engine bay from above, it was towards the bottom right of the engine, sort of smoke like someones got a cigarette on the go and then it stopped when cars been running for 2 minutes....  what the hell is that? lol
i know the powersounder is top left of the engine, so it cant be that!

bloody nightmare!

Bottom right of the engine is the aircon compressor.....alternator is bottom left.

[Wayne]

Hi Chaps

had an ace time rocking the troops in Germany 
we had to sleep in Squaddie accomodation, i will never moan about my bed again!
it was like sleeping on concrete on those army bunks!!!   
covered 1120 miles from Thursday morning until Saturday afternoon
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=403168&id=623190360&l=d1156dae2a


anyways...........i left my battery on charge for 48 hours in the shed using my mechanic friends expensive charger, not one of your halford jobbies, one from a recovery company, anyway....... think the battery is knackered and it was indeed a faulty one, the needle on the charger hasnt moved off of ZERO since its been on, can a battery really be a DUD after you buy it?
it charged ok last time i left it on charge, its going back on Monday and im getting a replacement, hope i can get to work tomorrow night now!

[KW]

can a battery really be a DUD after you buy it?

ANY electro-mechanical device can be a "dud", and it can be a dud at ANY point in it's lifetime (including from brand new).

Mark has already told you what the problem is (and you confirmed it when you said the ammeter on the battery charger didn't move when you put it on charge), just open your wallet and buy a new battery dude.

[Wayne]

YEAH, im gonna get a battery, but my faullty Varta Battery is under warranty so the supplier can change it for me, i aint shelling out anymore cash on this car when i shouldnt have to