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Old 31st October 2022, 21:20   #26
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Originally Posted by dattrike View Post
Not shorting the battery, disconnect the leads and short them together
has the effect of discharging the car electrical systems, when power is reapplied the systems re boot from scratch.
We used to do similar to that with PCs/laptops at work... power down, unplug them, then press power on again to discharge any components that were causing a problem with start-up, worked 9 times out of 10.
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