PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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The car has been stood for 2 days as I've been off sick from work, and went to start it this mornin & the battery was completely dead, no charge or anything!
I only just replaced the battery 2 months ago too BRAND NEW from Vauxhall...
could my alarm be causing this? Its some shitty Apollo 2000 thing which was fitted when I got the car...
Or could a dodgy earth be causing this??
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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can be the alternator or it could be something draining power
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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would a dodgy alternator drain power when the engine isnt running???
its fine when its run regularly, just when its stood for a few days it goes
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arf_SRi
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Registered: 25th Oct 04
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ha ha at least u were at home, i was stuck in fuckin maccie d's on saturday nite cos my stereo drained my battery!!
lucky my mate had breakdown cover, and we got jump started, and had about five maccie meals lol
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3CorsaMeal
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nah, the alternator would only not charge it when u driving it about, could be another duff battery (which would be odd)
not got anything in car that is using power while its stood there?
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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no nothing other than the alarm & factory imobiliser...
the headunit has been removed & the amp isnt wired up just now...
tis a bit of a weird one then if it is another dodgy battery!
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Black Corsa SRi
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Registered: 25th May 02
Location: ---Stockport---- Drives: Pug 206 Roland Garros
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do you know anyything about electrics mate? if you do jump start your car and take it for a drive so you can get the battery charged back up then when you get back switch off the engine and get a multimeter and take off the negative connection of your battery, then measure the current (this has to be done in series hense taking off the terminal) it should be a few miliamps maybe 25 or something like that if it a lot more then something is drawing the current and draining your battery. Could be the alarm but could also be something silly like your boot light stuck on all the time as obviously you wouldnt notice that when the boot is shut!
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