Batteries

Nov 22, 2005 5 Replies

I've looked back over recent battery posts but nothing obvious helps. I park up my N reg HSE RR outside the house and take of for a week's Red Sea Scuba holiday and when I get back it is flatter than a very flat thing. Not: won't crank but: nothing even glimmers.



The battery is 70AH and a year old. Is there something draining it that I can unplug? Assuming it was reasonably charged when I left it to kill it like this implies nearly half an amp of drain but when I charged it and put it back nothing seemed to be drawing.



What am I doing that's stupid here?



nigelH


Some info here:

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Also, I hear that Oregon Scientific weather stations can use a frequency which somehow keeps part of the electronics awake.

Serves you right for sodding off to the Red Sea whilst the rest of us are shivering at Stoney.

HTH

David

So it's out with the spectrum analyser then. I never thought I'd have to use that on the car...

????

But the sea is still warm and flat so if you're diving Stoney Cove it's self inflicted.

nigelH

On or around Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:58:19 +0000, "Nigel Hewitt" enlightened us thusly:

sounds like the infamous alarm thing. I assume it's a P38A type RR?

basically, something interacts with the alarm and causes battery drain. I forget the details...

AndyC will be along in a bit, or someone else savvy in this.

"rads" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

Both BMW X5 had the problem, leaving my wife stranded at a railway station twice, and early Mk111 Range Rovers as well. They are all sorted now and my own Mk111 has not let us down once yet.

Huw

This problem is also covered in detail here;

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