Dead Battery

henry01 · Post by **henry01** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:21 am

i went to start my car last night and it did nothing, i dont think i left anything on and the only thing on was the wipers. i know this prob didnt cause the battery problem but i just thort i would ask if that would have caused it? i prob just stupidly left the door slightly open or something

do i need to buy a new battery, it seems to be working fine now as i left it running for ages and went for a long drive??

ukmic · Post by **ukmic** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:47 am

The windscreen wipers wont work unless you have the ignition on, and no I have had my light left on all night by accident and the battery was not dead when I got too it.

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:03 pm

leaving the rear window heater switch on is common to run the battery down. I probably once pressed my hazard light switch to flash to someone behind, but unknowningly also pressed the window heater switch and forgot it. Maybe u did the same??

henry01 · Post by **henry01** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:32 pm

well my heater was on so it must have been that. but i think its normally on.

how strange, well its sees to be working fine now

thanks

skyline.99 · Post by **skyline.99** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:30 pm

When the car is off it should be alright cos its disconnected thru the ignition, and when the engines on it should b alright if ur alternators ok

DScape · Post by **DScape** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:29 pm

My battery was dead the other day, so I had a new one stuck in...defo worth it for the winter, think the cold weather killed the remaining cells of my old battery. I didn't even have anything on, it just was totally dead.

Also, you leave your rear window heater on......until its clear!

DScape · Post by **DScape** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:29 am

CymruPolo wrote:
DScape wrote:My battery was dead the other day, so I had a new one stuck in...defo worth it for the winter, think the cold weather killed the remaining cells of my old battery. I didn't even have anything on, it just was totally dead.

Also, you leave your rear window heater on......until its clear!
yeah I know . . but I forget to switch it off sometimes.

Yup Im in that club too, should have the "you've left your lights on" sound when you switch the engine off!

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 11:52 am

When the car is off it should be alright cos its disconnected thru the ignition, and when the engines on it should b alright if ur alternators ok

No, it does still somehow remain powered, eventhough it is not clearing the rear window. Plus if u have elec mirrors, that switch does the heated door mirror function too i think, so it uses more power there!

As for how long it takes, i dont know, but it should take longer than a few hours id say

I try and avoid using it completely, only when really neccessary

henry01 · Post by **henry01** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:36 am

yeah i got a new battery as well, seeing as its so dam cold i thought it would be for the best.

i always leave my heater on and its never done it before. but just to be on the safe side i wont be leaving it on again