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Default Lead acid battery charger (or alternator) switching to trickle with load present?



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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 07:03:33 +0100, Xeno
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On 23/6/19 5:43 am, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 20:08:46 +0100, Rod Speed
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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
news On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 19:55:03 +0100, Rod Speed

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"Commander Kinsey" wrote in message
news On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 19:14:07 +0100, Rod Speed

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No news to me, boy.

He's probably as old as you.

He isnt.

I've met Bod and he's (I'm about to insult him most likely) very very
old
indeed. I'd have to guess 80 to 90.

Thats just the furious drunken grave dancing and flagrant drug abuse.

Smoking does make your face more wrinkly, but I'm sure he told me his
age once.

For some reason I've always assumed you're about 70.

You're still wrong.

What is your age then?

And back on topic, I just bought a 16 amp 13.8V power supply, that
ought
to keep the bloody frog car charged up. It's currently maxing out my
2.5A supply all night, and still not starting in the morning.

That's telling you your battery is knackered. Try a high rate discharge
test on it. You will see it fall over very quickly.


Wrong yet again. I've changed the battery twice. It's consuming power
overnight - presumably the alarm - I've actually measured up to 4 amps
(randomly, sometimes it consumes nothing) coming off the battery with a
meter when all the fuses are pulled.


Sounds more like a wiring fault. An alarm shouldnt
ever take anything like that when its not sounding.


Can be a real bugger to find if its a pinched wire somewhere if it isnt
obvious where a wire can be pinched like at one of the doors etc.

The alarm (to stop theives) cannot be disabled with a fuse. To remove
the alarm or replace it involves dismantling pretty much the entire front
of the car.


Bet youd find the fault still there with the alarm disconnected.