Battery problems

You Bass teds

ross, have a go asking over at myswag - there are plenty of solar dudes over there..

You know it has to be daytime and not night dont ya , sorry im of no use at all Ross

Thanks for the helpful and not so helpful posts, guys. lol. The solar panel is a small panel that was a Xmas present for me, so it's brand new. The instructions are useless and I think I've plugged it in correctly. I'll Google the make/model and see how I go from there.

Stay tuned. It'll either brighten up my life or be a shocking experience. lol.

Take care out there.

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Originally Posted by DX grunt

Thanks for the helpful and not so helpful posts, guys. lol. The solar panel is a small panel that was a Xmas present for me, so it's brand new. The instructions are useless and I think I've plugged it in correctly. I'll Google the make/model and see how I go from there.

Stay tuned. It'll either brighten up my life or be a shocking experience. lol.

Take care out there.

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Hope you get it sorted and the batteries are still OK.
Let us know how you go

Cheers

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Originally Posted by NissPat

Hope you get it sorted and the batteries are still OK.
Let us know how you go

Cheers

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They're fine Kris.

There's a leak in there somewhere. I'm getting a heap of electrical mods done in a couple of weeks and the guys are going to rip out all the ex Telstra wiring and going to remove the thing that automatically turns the headlights off and on. Apparently there was an issue with some/many of these vehicles having flat batteries. It might be because of all the extra wiring that was added.

I'm just peed off that my Xmas present doesn't work. It might be me, then again, it's probably not.

Ross

Hmmm, seems strange both batteries went flat though. Unless you have a problem on both battery circuits as they should be isolated from each other.

Anyway hope it gets through till you get the rewire.

Cheers

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Originally Posted by NissPat

Hmmm, seems strange both batteries went flat though. Unless you have a problem on both battery circuits as they should be isolated from each other.

Anyway hope it gets through till you get the rewire.

Cheers

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Thanks. It's fine. It's a bit embarrasing when I need my truck in a hurry in the middle of the night for callouts and I have to use the missus' car.
That's when the 'deadly treadly' comes out of moth balls. lol

I would leave them charging over night and see what they're like in the morning!! Sorry ..... couldn't help it!!

Have you got a multimeter which you can check the charging voltage and current? Is the electrolyte up to the correct levels in the batteries?

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Originally Posted by DX grunt

Thanks for the helpful and not so helpful posts, guys.

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I assume you meant mine?? ... But truly, sometimes the simplest answer is the most obvious!!! LOL ... sorry old mate ... I'll try to be more constructive from now on ... honest!! lol