Re: New car, flat battery: causes?

In article <kvOdnUAyX8I3t7DZRVnyrw@xxxxxx>,
"Tim.." <the.farm.hates.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks.

I would suggest either you have a lamp on or other current drain somewhere,
OR the alternator has a dud diode and its discharging through that.

I noted that the previous owner must have switched off the interior
light and the boot light --- but these go off properly: I checked.

When you said the battery was dead- do you mean dead dead (nothing at all)
or just discharged enough to fail to start?

Umm - dead dead? It will unlock the door, then it will cough once (or
rather clear its throat: a cough would imply it's turned he engine over,
which it does not. After that one spasm, it's definitely dead dead.

If its been flattened completely a number of times, you'll need to reaplce
it anyhow as well as fixing the fault.

.... or rather "they" will!
.