mattman
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Ok, the cursed WH continues it's reign!
I have one of these stupid calcium batteries that's been run flat a couple of times... and now I have to charge on a weekly basis. I am using a charger rated for calcium batts and does all the pulse charging etc.
RACQ has done some basic testing of the alt and the output looks fine... but the battery simply does not charge in the car - only off the wall charger.
It is possible that the alt is simply not hooked up correctly, given that RACQ can take an ok looking reading (no idea where they took this reading from though) and the car's service mode dash thing reads the alt output fine.
I know these batt's have issues getting life back into them after being run flat, but that still doesn't explain to me why it will charge off the wall and not at all in the car.
I have one of these stupid calcium batteries that's been run flat a couple of times... and now I have to charge on a weekly basis. I am using a charger rated for calcium batts and does all the pulse charging etc.
RACQ has done some basic testing of the alt and the output looks fine... but the battery simply does not charge in the car - only off the wall charger.
It is possible that the alt is simply not hooked up correctly, given that RACQ can take an ok looking reading (no idea where they took this reading from though) and the car's service mode dash thing reads the alt output fine.
I know these batt's have issues getting life back into them after being run flat, but that still doesn't explain to me why it will charge off the wall and not at all in the car.