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[jereboam]

Look at what car dealers use

Would appear I've been really lucky with my old one, but its now knackered.


Hmmm, decisions, decisions

Don't generally go anywhere near car dealers - no money. 

But I owe you an apology.  You said that the power drain was probably the power sounder battery going south.  The garage said the power sounder battery was fine.  You were right, they were wrong. 

Today, I got to the car before the battery had died completely.  When I turned on the ignition, there was a weak and feeble clicking noise, which became a siren noise when I connected up the yellow peril.  Obviously, the battery in the power sounder had only minimal charge, which is not what is supposed be the case. 

If I can just work out how to reach it, it's coming out!

[TheBoy]

Look at what car dealers use

Would appear I've been really lucky with my old one, but its now knackered.


Hmmm, decisions, decisions

Don't generally go anywhere near car dealers - no money. 

But I owe you an apology.  You said that the power drain was probably the power sounder battery going south.  The garage said the power sounder battery was fine.  You were right, they were wrong. 

Today, I got to the car before the battery had died completely.  When I turned on the ignition, there was a weak and feeble clicking noise, which became a siren noise when I connected up the yellow peril.  Obviously, the battery in the power sounder had only minimal charge, which is not what is supposed be the case. 

If I can just work out how to reach it, it's coming out!

Scuttle off (easy, but fiddly), simply unplug (within 15s of turning off ign)

[Kevin Wood]

Look at what car dealers use

Would appear I've been really lucky with my old one, but its now knackered.


Hmmm, decisions, decisions

Get hold of a decent quality sealed lead acid battery and replace the battery in it.

Kevin

[TheBoy]

Look at what car dealers use

Would appear I've been really lucky with my old one, but its now knackered.


Hmmm, decisions, decisions

Get hold of a decent quality sealed lead acid battery and replace the battery in it.

Kevin

The plastic casing has 'seen too much action' for that .

Time to treat myself (on the next VAT free day, along with those gay looking clip pliers you have, and maybe a fuel filter plier set)

[jereboam]

Scuttle off (easy, but fiddly), simply unplug (within 15s of turning off ign)

There's a vast gulf between what you call easy and what I can actually achieve.

I tried to remove the scuttle before, and failed, even though I looked at some pictures somewhere on here.

[Kevin Wood]

The plastic casing has 'seen too much action' for that .

Time to treat myself (on the next VAT free day, along with those gay looking clip pliers you have, and maybe a fuel filter plier set)

Another trigger's broom in the making.

Waiting for a VAT free day myself. Need a parts washer for all the bits of Westfield I'm accumulating.

Like buses, never there when you need them.

Kevin

[pembsomega]

Hi, I build myself a flat start device, couple of old tractor or truck batteries wired up with some heavy jump leads, needs charging once a year and does the job everytime. Tidy

[TheBoy]

Scuttle off (easy, but fiddly), simply unplug (within 15s of turning off ign)

There's a vast gulf between what you call easy and what I can actually achieve.

I tried to remove the scuttle before, and failed, even though I looked at some pictures somewhere on here.

Wipers. 1 nut each, bit of a wiggle, off they pop.

Scuttle, 1 torx screw, normally rusted badly. 8 silly little plastic clips under the windscreen rubber, and off it comes.

Putting it back on can be more fiddly, but to be honest, it just needs patience

[TheBoy]

The plastic casing has 'seen too much action' for that .

Time to treat myself (on the next VAT free day, along with those gay looking clip pliers you have, and maybe a fuel filter plier set)

Another trigger's broom in the making.

Waiting for a VAT free day myself. Need a parts washer for all the bits of Westfield I'm accumulating.

Like buses, never there when you need them.

Kevin

What about the old kitchen sink

[Kevin Wood]

What about the old kitchen sink

Something that holds fluid would be nice, and the kitchen sink is currently lacking in that respect, hence the bucket in the cupboard below, of which Mrs. KW is particularly fond.

You have given me an idea, though, and it concerns the dishwasher that has started making suspicious smells of the smouldering electrical variety.

Kevin

[TheBoy]

What about the old kitchen sink

Something that holds fluid would be nice, and the kitchen sink is currently lacking in that respect, hence the bucket in the cupboard below, of which Mrs. KW is particularly fond.

You have given me an idea, though, and it concerns the dishwasher that has started making suspicious smells of the smouldering electrical variety.

Kevin

She needs a new dishwasher to match the rest of the new kitchen.  Such a shame to throw the old one out

[KW]

Hi, I build myself a flat start device, couple of old tractor or truck batteries wired up with some heavy jump leads, needs charging once a year and does the job everytime. Tidy

Hardly portable though

[henryd]

I have a snap on pack which is very good but too expensive for occasional use (rated at 1700 amps),costs approx £250

[pembsomega]

portabilty winge

portability doesn't bother me that much, it's only 2 batteries in a frame jobby I can easily lift that into the boot If I need to take it out, but that's what jump leads are for. It cost less than twenty quid and has no problem starting vans trucks etc. Beat that with a stupid toy yellow box 

[KW]

portabilty winge

portability doesn't bother me that much, it's only 2 batteries in a frame jobby I can easily lift that into the boot If I need to take it out, but that's what jump leads are for. It cost less than twenty quid and has no problem starting vans trucks etc. Beat that with a stupid toy yellow box 

The cheap chinese pieces of rubbish will never outperform what you describe, but it's common knowledge that you get what you pay for in life.

While your solution is pretty much guaranteed to work every time as far as real life performance goes, I doubt there are many that will be overly keen on lugging a couple of tractor/truck batteries about along with a metal frame that adds to the weight and size of the whole package.

Don't get me wrong, the "basic" engineering concept behind your solution works for me all day long, however a lot of people need the "small & lightweight" solution....all they have to accept is that "small & lightweight" costs money if it's going to work properly.