New battery already drained?

[st3r3otyp3]

with the boot shut fold down the center of the back seat and take a look.
What brand of battery?

 

[mpower]

Wish i could but i lost the receipt.

pro-tip, keep invoice in service book :thumbsup:

Just remember your battery is pretty much only used when starting so while running your alternator needs to be working well otherwise your battery will slowly run down.

 

[VX Exec]

If you bought the battery with your card get a bank account statement and show them the transaction.

 

[BakedPete]

Hi i will try calling supercheap tomorrow and see if they can do that. Thanks.

 

[BakedPete]

i will remember that next time :rofl2:

 

[BakedPete]

I will have a look at the battery brand name for you in the morning mate.

 

[BakedPete]

Ok so i jumped the car today and everything went well, the car started and all lights were on.
I got 14.3 volts with the car on and i got 11.46 with the car off and that was the lowest it went.
Even at that voltage the car still started with no problems. I will keep you guys updated.

 

[Jonah 101]

Put your multimeter on amps, with the key off and out disconnect the battery and with the multi meter put a probe on the battery and the other on the clamp. shouldn't read more than 0.05a

Those SCA batteries don't last long, but they do last longer than 10 months. The issue I find with them is that they are big buggers with only about 350cca. So if you only lose a few volts they battery hasn't got enough grunt to turn the car over.

They amount of times I have jump started someone with a budget battery and they have said "but I only bought it a year ago". You get what you pay for aye.

 

[BakedPete]

Ok i just tried to turn on the car with 11.43 volts (when the cars not on)
and its not turning on.
Can someone please tell me whats going on?
All the lights turn on and when i try to put my headlights on the displays and lights dim.

 

[Jonah 101]

You need to give the battery a proper charge then have it load tested mate. For the battery to be always showing 11.5V I think you might have a dead cell matey.