Hello All;
Well today was the day to bring my Anniversario back to my new place. I installed the battery (the original) which had been trickle charged about a month ago and turned the key. The dash booted up almost as normal, but a little slow and the lights not as bright. I pressed the starter and there was a click and then nothing. No lights or anything. Dead.
I took the battery back to my place and plugged it into the trickle charger. As it charged I read through a bunch of the posts on here and learned that my 750ma charger is not nearly good enough for the battery (this coincided with me discovering the charge instructions on the battery itself, 1.4 AMPs at 5 to 10 hours). About 15 minutes of charging and it was showing 80% charged, then 5 minutes later it was showing full. I took the battery back and hooked it up again.
This time with key on the dash booted full speed and nice and bright. I hit the starter and another click and then nothing. Turned off, removed key and them key back on and nothing at all, no lights, no dash booting. Completely dead.
From what I have read here I think the issue is the battery is toast. I will try and get it load tested tomorrow.
Can any of you confirm I am thinking the right direction on this. Thank You
Well today was the day to bring my Anniversario back to my new place. I installed the battery (the original) which had been trickle charged about a month ago and turned the key. The dash booted up almost as normal, but a little slow and the lights not as bright. I pressed the starter and there was a click and then nothing. No lights or anything. Dead.
I took the battery back to my place and plugged it into the trickle charger. As it charged I read through a bunch of the posts on here and learned that my 750ma charger is not nearly good enough for the battery (this coincided with me discovering the charge instructions on the battery itself, 1.4 AMPs at 5 to 10 hours). About 15 minutes of charging and it was showing 80% charged, then 5 minutes later it was showing full. I took the battery back and hooked it up again.
This time with key on the dash booted full speed and nice and bright. I hit the starter and another click and then nothing. Turned off, removed key and them key back on and nothing at all, no lights, no dash booting. Completely dead.
From what I have read here I think the issue is the battery is toast. I will try and get it load tested tomorrow.
Can any of you confirm I am thinking the right direction on this. Thank You