My Car Is Sleeping! :(

[silsr]

Hey All,

need to know a good battery place that might still be open.

over the last week and a half i wud be driving and if i used the high beam for example, the car would give a jerk and the stereo wud pause and come bak and i was thinking someting was wrong with the wiring. but yesterday it died and i had racv come in and then i took it for a drive for like a hour and then tested it and it was starting up alright. today evening i came in and again the battery is dead on its ass?

have anyone had those dunks when u turn high beams or sometimes it would do it even with a parking indicator? WTF@#($#(

anyway post up please witha battery place and any ideas on why it was doing it other than a kaput battery.

cheers

sidd--

[paulr33]

if the car starts and runs, if the alternator is not doing its job the voltage will drop and keep dropping. if should be 14v constant and shouldnt be dropping

[R31Nismoid]

kmart, burwood hwy is pen 24hours

i got a battery @ 11pm on like a Tues or Wed night

[700HP-GTR33]

After replacing your battery get the charge tested, just incase your alternator is playing up.

[jasont82]

just replaced my battery. $115 440cca battery world wantirna although there are a few battery worlds around. didnt have to change terminals either still got the tiny pencil post ones.

like paul said once cars started put multimeter across battery (or jump start points in engine bay) should be at 14v. other test i got told to do was to charge battery, then leave it for 8hrs see if its holding charge. or if you cant be bother just check the voltage before you go to bed disconnect the negative terminal then check voltage in the morning.

not sure if this will set your alarm off though didnt for mine.

[khunjeng]

basically thats a good idea...

when flat...or new the charge will be at its max...I thought it was a bit higher than 14 on full charge..cos mine went flat a few weeksn back and I remeber it being higher for an initla peroid.

after running the battery in...check the voltage when its off. Make sure it looks cool. When check it in the morning. If the voltage has dropped over night and its new...you have something draining the battery..

I remember I went to my FTO a few months back and the battery was dead...thought it was wierd it just went. nyway went and got a new one and once installed I realised my wife had left the headlights on overnight...hahah anyway I have a spare now...

[silsr]

thanks for all the replies guys.

I went to kmart at burwood east and the guy there didnt have a clue about what was right.

so i had racv come in and replace the battery and he checked it with the multimeter and reckons its charging now.

will check it after a couple of days to see if its charging ok.

sidd--

[lanky71]

You know what is weird, my car had the same issue so they replaced the battery and then it did it again but since replacing the battery no issue... and when it was playing up they could not get the battery to loose charge, yet when I am driving along the freeway at 110km/h it managed to do it??

Drew.