nielsonp
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- vs executive commodore
just had my Holden Berlina 2006 for 12 months. loving it except for the battery going flat on me once every (approx) 3 months which really aggrivates me as i traded up from my old VS commodore for better reliability and the fact that i have a much newer car.
The only mod so far i have done is upgrade all the speakers to alpine s types and install my 600watt sony 4ch amp and i really wanna put a 12" sub in but am worried its going to make my current problems worse.
sent the car into the local holden dealer who blamed the upgraded stereo on the battery drain and they updated some software and scanned the system and wouldn't admit there is a design fault here.
The local battery world guy told me the VE commodores don't constantly charge the battery while driving (like an older car does) and only starts charging when the battery gets low which to me seems to be when the battery is under 12 volts. Then i asked him if a new battery would help (seeing the battery is 4 years old) and he said the battery was just flat when he tested it and said its not worth buying a new one.
Browsing these forums i see guys putting awesome sound systems that dwarf what i currently have and it makes me wonder how do they do it? or are they quietly jumpstarting the vehicle everytime they need to start it?
has anyone managed to fix their battery issues? or is it just these short distances im doing that is killing it?
The only mod so far i have done is upgrade all the speakers to alpine s types and install my 600watt sony 4ch amp and i really wanna put a 12" sub in but am worried its going to make my current problems worse.
sent the car into the local holden dealer who blamed the upgraded stereo on the battery drain and they updated some software and scanned the system and wouldn't admit there is a design fault here.
The local battery world guy told me the VE commodores don't constantly charge the battery while driving (like an older car does) and only starts charging when the battery gets low which to me seems to be when the battery is under 12 volts. Then i asked him if a new battery would help (seeing the battery is 4 years old) and he said the battery was just flat when he tested it and said its not worth buying a new one.
Browsing these forums i see guys putting awesome sound systems that dwarf what i currently have and it makes me wonder how do they do it? or are they quietly jumpstarting the vehicle everytime they need to start it?
has anyone managed to fix their battery issues? or is it just these short distances im doing that is killing it?