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Offline devilscaff

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Flat battery Again!!!!
« on: 11 August 2012, 08:19 »
My 16v keeps having a flat battery if not used for a couple of days. Alternator is charging but a couple of days later flat, iv just brought a new battery with a higher ah, I have a Clifford alarm on it nothing else since I disconnected the amp could it be the alarm?
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Offline Gambit

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Re: Flat battery Again!!!!
« Reply #1 on: 11 August 2012, 08:27 »
simple solution is to disconnect alarm and see what happens!
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Re: Flat battery Again!!!!
« Reply #2 on: 11 August 2012, 12:30 »
Can almost guarantee that it is the alternator regulator
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Re: Flat battery Again!!!!
« Reply #3 on: 11 August 2012, 12:57 »
Does this mean the alternator needs reconditioning?
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Offline SoundillusioN

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Re: Flat battery Again!!!!
« Reply #4 on: 11 August 2012, 13:32 »
Quote from: devilscaff on 11 August 2012, 12:57
Does this mean the alternator needs reconditioning?

Not necessarily, you can just get the regulator.. easy to fit and not much more than a tenner to buy.
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Offline JimR

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Re: Flat battery Again!!!!
« Reply #5 on: 11 August 2012, 19:05 »
On my last mk2 I had the same problem, removed the alarm and it was fine afterwards, mine had a sigma alarm. Start with the easy stuff first though.
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Re: Flat battery Again!!!!
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