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Old 11th March 2020, 09:13   #10
SD1too
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... You need to buy or borrow a mains powered smart charger and charge your battery for at least 24 hours, preferably longer, to restore it to fully charged.
Hello Al,

I offered you this advice four months ago. Did you follow it? If so, what was the result?

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This business of the alternator diode playing up.
How can I check this?
There is no light on the dash saying the battery is not charging.
You are looking for a complicated answer to a simple problem Al.
  1. Look at the basics first and proceed logically.
  2. Don't make any assumptions.
  3. Measure things and record the results.

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