stovepipe
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Heyo,
I left my SS in the garage for 6mths but forgot to disconnect the battery, which is flat. A Century Ultra High Performance 68MF with 36mth warranty, but purchased in ~Sept 2020
The indicator panel shows it as RECHARGE (clear ring, red dot) as opposed to FULL or REPLACE. So the battery itself is atleast not saying it's completely dead for replacement.
First I tried to jump start it, no luck. Decided to leave the donor car hooked up and running for ~15mins. It would get some reaction with the locks and stereo light getting power now. Trying to turn on the ignition would flatten it again. Fully flat again, no stereo, etc.
Next I tried ~24hrs on an old trickle charger (arlec), on LOW setting, 12V. Again, got a little bit of action with lights/stereo coming on but when going turning on ignition it would start stuttering (not the engine) and clicking and flashing all over the dash, like it was having a seizure. Tried again, managed to get a very weak crank out of it but no fire. Stereo and security LED still had power. Hooked it up to another car to jump start again and managed to crank it and fire it up.
Left the engine running for 25mins in the garage. Came back later that afternoon to go for a drive, dead again.
Yesterday I got a new 'intelligent repair charger' for car batteries online. Hooked it up on REPAIR mode which does the pulsing thing. Gave it 8hrs or so until it said FULL. Ignition did the flickering clicking dash thing again.
Hooked the thing back up to normal charge/trickle mode overnight. This morning, the screen read OFF so I guess full. Same thing - lights but flickering dash ignition, no crank.
What the hell is going on with this thing?!?!?! Battery is annoyingly ~4mths out of warranty, but surely it should last longer than 3.5yrs!!??
Anyone had similar experience or know whats happening?
thanks
I left my SS in the garage for 6mths but forgot to disconnect the battery, which is flat. A Century Ultra High Performance 68MF with 36mth warranty, but purchased in ~Sept 2020
The indicator panel shows it as RECHARGE (clear ring, red dot) as opposed to FULL or REPLACE. So the battery itself is atleast not saying it's completely dead for replacement.
First I tried to jump start it, no luck. Decided to leave the donor car hooked up and running for ~15mins. It would get some reaction with the locks and stereo light getting power now. Trying to turn on the ignition would flatten it again. Fully flat again, no stereo, etc.
Next I tried ~24hrs on an old trickle charger (arlec), on LOW setting, 12V. Again, got a little bit of action with lights/stereo coming on but when going turning on ignition it would start stuttering (not the engine) and clicking and flashing all over the dash, like it was having a seizure. Tried again, managed to get a very weak crank out of it but no fire. Stereo and security LED still had power. Hooked it up to another car to jump start again and managed to crank it and fire it up.
Left the engine running for 25mins in the garage. Came back later that afternoon to go for a drive, dead again.
Yesterday I got a new 'intelligent repair charger' for car batteries online. Hooked it up on REPAIR mode which does the pulsing thing. Gave it 8hrs or so until it said FULL. Ignition did the flickering clicking dash thing again.
Hooked the thing back up to normal charge/trickle mode overnight. This morning, the screen read OFF so I guess full. Same thing - lights but flickering dash ignition, no crank.
What the hell is going on with this thing?!?!?! Battery is annoyingly ~4mths out of warranty, but surely it should last longer than 3.5yrs!!??
Anyone had similar experience or know whats happening?
thanks