Flat battery?

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Dave104
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Flat battery?

Post by Dave104 » Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:11 pm

Keep getting a flat battery. Got new battery a few months ago. Only using bongo once a week. Could there be something draing the it? Any help welcome. Cheers.
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Re: Flat battery?

Post by roosmith » Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:31 pm

If you've been through the obvious lights etc, have you got an alarm fitted?
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Re: Flat battery?

Post by Gasy » Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:34 pm

Radio ?
Charge new battery and then leave disconnected this week to check batt
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Re: Flat battery?

Post by Simon Jones » Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:40 pm

Have you got an Aldi/Lidl stereo with Bluetooth? They seem to have a very high drain when on standby. Other thing to check is that it's being charged ok when you're driving. Do you get a dim glow from the charging and sediment light when the engine is running?
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Re: Flat battery? Bongo undersealed?

Post by Dave104 » Tue May 05, 2015 8:04 pm

I had a new battery in December 2014 & followed through lots of things but it was a duff battery got it replaced by garage that sold it to me. Would u believe it! Thanks to you all for the help though.

I am looking at using rustmaster in Hatfield to get bongo undersealed! Has any anyone used them before?? Would appreciate ur feed back.

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Re: Flat battery? Bongo undersealed?

Post by nth » Wed May 06, 2015 1:13 am

Dave104 wrote:I had a new battery in December 2014 & followed through lots of things but it was a duff battery got it replaced by garage that sold it to me. Would u believe it! Thanks to you all for the help though.
Was it a Euro car parts Lion battery by any chance ?
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Re: Flat battery?

Post by Rapidair65 » Wed May 06, 2015 8:45 am

We had the same problem with our V6. It came down to the stereo/satnav memory circuits drawing power. Only option was to connect to the ignition but this would wipe the unit memory every time it was turned off. We bought a new Bosch starter battery ( the old one was a Lion battery) and to date we have had no problems.
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Re: Flat battery?

Post by Simon Jones » Wed May 06, 2015 1:18 pm

If you have a LB you could always use that to connect the permanent feed while leaving the switched feed on the SB ignition circuit. I've rigged up a switch-controlled relay to allow the switched feed to come from either battery so it can go on & off with ignition for normal use, but left on permanently while on-site.
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Re: Flat battery? Bongo undersealed?

Post by scootmonkee » Wed May 06, 2015 9:10 pm

Dave104 wrote:I had a new battery in December 2014 & followed through lots of things but it was a duff battery got it replaced by garage that sold it to me. Would u believe it! Thanks to you all for the help though.

I am looking at using rustmaster in Hatfield to get bongo undersealed! Has any anyone used them before?? Would appreciate ur feed back.

Cheers
Dave104
The Knutsford branch of Rustmaster under-sealed my Bongo in October and I would happily recommend them - very satisfied with the service and the result.
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