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yep had that when left the car for a while, slow turnover and a beep from the alarm, my battery is also on the way out...charges up enough on a run, but runs down when left a few days.
thinking of investing in an optimate intelligent battery charger
thinking of investing in an optimate intelligent battery charger
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Do you run the car with the side lights on,because from my understanding you Need to do this for the battery to charge,so if your using it with the blowers on,stereo on,wipers on in this lovely wet country we live in,then your battery will be draining,and not getting a charge.
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If you have a newage Impreza then your alternator will have an 'intelligent' charging system so that when the engine is running then the alternator will not charge the battery unless it senses a drain from an auxillary electrical system such as the heated screen, lights, radio, wipers etc.
So if you do a lot of local low mileage trips and you won't charge the battery sufficiently and it will drain, one of the results of this could be the battery plates even warping/bending and of course then the battery will fail to hold charge even when it is being charged sufficiently by the alternator.
So if you do a lot of local low mileage trips and you won't charge the battery sufficiently and it will drain, one of the results of this could be the battery plates even warping/bending and of course then the battery will fail to hold charge even when it is being charged sufficiently by the alternator.
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If you have a newage Impreza then your alternator will have an 'intelligent' charging system so that when the engine is running then the alternator will not charge the battery unless it senses a drain from an auxillary electrical system such as the heated screen, lights, radio, wipers etc.
So if you do a lot of local low mileage trips and you won't charge the battery sufficiently and it will drain, one of the results of this could be the battery plates even warping/bending and of course then the battery will fail to hold charge even when it is being charged sufficiently by the alternator.
So if you do a lot of local low mileage trips and you won't charge the battery sufficiently and it will drain, one of the results of this could be the battery plates even warping/bending and of course then the battery will fail to hold charge even when it is being charged sufficiently by the alternator.
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They don't advertise the fact but they will help you out if you ask them nicely.
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If you have a newage Impreza then your alternator will have an 'intelligent' charging system so that when the engine is running then the alternator will not charge the battery unless it senses a drain from an auxillary electrical system such as the heated screen, lights, radio, wipers etc.
So if you do a lot of local low mileage trips and you won't charge the battery sufficiently and it will drain, one of the results of this could be the battery plates even warping/bending and of course then the battery will fail to hold charge even when it is being charged sufficiently by the alternator.
So if you do a lot of local low mileage trips and you won't charge the battery sufficiently and it will drain, one of the results of this could be the battery plates even warping/bending and of course then the battery will fail to hold charge even when it is being charged sufficiently by the alternator.
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Thanks for all the reply's people it's good to know there are still a few of us good guys out there. Drive aka Ceri I think thanks for the offer of coming to give me a jump (wink,wink) but I was stuck in tesco the marina and got my sister out of work to go and collect a new battery for me. Thanks fellas to you all.
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