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Is your alternator alright? It should be sending roughly 14.4volts to your battery and electrical system to run everything. Also, there's usually a regulator on the alternator which kinda controls how much charge is going out from the alternator so as not to over-juice your car's electrical system. That could also be causing problems.

The third thing, there's another fuse box inside the car - pull out your coin tray on the RHS of the steering column, and there's a fuse box hidden behind that with a bunch of standard blade-style fuses there. i can't remember if there's any there which may sort out your problems, but it might be worth a check...

Have had the exact same problem before. I cleaned the inside of the battery terminals with sandpaper to remove the hard crust that forms from the oxidisation at the terminal. That fixed it for a while, but then the problem resurfaced. I then pulled the other plug that sits on the positive terminal and gave everything a good go with the sandpaper. Hey presto, no more problems. I used to work at a battery fitting specialist earlier in life, and you would not believe how many people came in to us after spending hundreds on new alternators, electrical components etc. You could see that the battery would be in clean enough condition, but the hard surface that forms after a couple of years can stop the energy flow from the battery. Of course, when you checked it with a battery tester it would come up fine.

I'm not saying that there might not actually be something else wrong, but start the search for the problem at the source & you could potentially save a bit of cash..... and thats gotta be a good thing!

Heres a helpful hint that I got from an auto sparky - if you have that green fuzzy looking gunge on the terminals, the very best way to get rid of it is boiling water. Just boil the kettle and splash some on before you take the terminals off and it will disappear like magic. :mellow:

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