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Old 28th April 2020, 09:43   #152296
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Originally Posted by COLVERT View Post
If you start it daily and don't let it run for half an hour you will be taking more out of the battery than if you don't start it at all.---

Even that half an hour is just like putting it on a charger for half an hour. Bit of a waste of time really.---

What is happening is your battery is slowly sulphating up. The only way to try and save it is to give it at least 24 hours on a charger.


PS. Running it up the road won't charge it any faster than if you just let it tick-over.--True.
Already done that a couple of weeks ago and it still wouldn’t start afterwards. I had to charge the leisure battery that normally powers my water and jump start it from that. Car has one of these smart alternators. P I t a .
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