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Battery drainage

Robstokie1974
Robstokie1974
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Left the car standing for just over a week and the battery didn’t have enough charge to start the car, wouldn’t even crank, tested battery voltage at just over 8 v, will charge the battery from the mains tonight and see how we get on, but if I wanted to check the resting current draw , roughly what should it be? I think it’s actually the original battery and at 8 years old and 77000 miles it may need replacing, car is 2016 ST line, thanks

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    16 minutes ago, Robstokie1974 said:

    ... original battery and at 8 years old and 77000 miles it may need replacing...

    Good analysis...

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    5 minutes ago, StephenFord said:

    Good analysis...

    I know 🙂 but I wanted to try a few things before shelling out 200 quid

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    5 minutes ago, Robstokie1974 said:

    ... before shelling out 200 quid

    £200?? What kind of battery are you thinking of buying?

    Check this popular site for batteries...

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    12 minutes ago, StephenFord said:

    £200?? What kind of battery are you thinking of buying?

    Check this popular site for batteries...

    Fair point, cheers

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    The resting Current should be no more than 50 mA, after the car has gone to sleep, which can take up to an hour.

    I agree with Stephen though about the Battery needing to be replaced.

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    Wintertime always was a battery killer, esp. if it's not fully charged...

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    Just swapped the battery over and tried to reset the battery management with the flash and break pedal but didn’t seem to work and flash the battery symbol, anything else I should be doing?

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    Is this the method you used?

     

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    1 hour ago, StephenFord said:

    Is this the method you used?

     

    Thanks I sorted it now using the fog light method, now just need to find the screw I dropped 🙁

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