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    Default Charged battery, no electrics

    Ive just had the battery off for a few days to charge it and once returned to the car there is no life at all.
    No interior light when I open the door, no alarm chirp, no dash lights, nothing.
    Battery should be ok after 4 days on trickle charge and the battery indicator I got with the Ctek charger shows green, so usable.
    Ctek charger manual says the battery should be able to start a car after 20 hours charge (its had 40) yet there are no electrics at all as with a totally flat battery.
    Battery shows 13.7v on meter.
    Have I bust something? Any ideas?

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    Have you forgot to bolt the thin red wire back on when you have put the thick red wire back on the battery
    . Its a nova there aint much to go wrong

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    Thin red wire??? Is there a thin red wire?
    Its gone dark now so I guess I'll be looking for that tomorrow.

    Failing that I have 5 RAC callouts to use before June

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    Just a google image but you can see the pos wire bolts on to the side of the battery clamp .

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    Hmmmm. I see it.
    I'll have another look tomorrow.
    Thanks .

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    That will teach me not to do simple things like connect a battery when it's going dark
    The small wire had fallen off the bolt.


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    Quote Originally Posted by RichGold View Post
    That will teach me not to do simple things like connect a battery when it's going dark
    The small wire had fallen off the bolt.


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    It even started up on all four cylinders too , which makes a nice change.

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    Hahaha glad its sorted

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