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groar · 09-23-2008, 03:40 PM

Hi,

Yesterday I stopped my car but couldn't close the car with the remote, so I closed it manually.

When I came back to the car, I couldn't use the remote to open it so I opened it manually. But when I put the key in, nothing light on, nor on position I, nor on position II. A colleague of mine said me the battery was dead. I replied I found that strange as usually you don't have enough power to start the engine, but some systems light on correctly. He replied his last battery change was after such an event.

Nobody had in his car any cable to connect two batteries of two cars and start the car with the low battery (mine in this case), and anyway it was late. We went to buy a brand new battery at 1 km in a gas station with a little market. Back to the car, another colleague had some tools in his car to detach the battery and swap it with the new one. Once attached, the new battery gave life back to the car

I looked in a book from a third party () and it describes my battery as a 12V 70Ah. The one I bought is a 12V 50Ah as the previous one. I don't think the missing Ah is at fault.

Tonight I verified the voltage of the old battery (3-4 years old iirc) and it's 12.64. The voltage of the new one is 12.86. Suddenly I'm feeling like the old battery isn't dead...

I'm trying to explain miself what happened, but I can't. I don't understand why suddenly nothing worked anymore. May be something went bad when I switched off and a security activated. When the battery was disconnected and reconnected, the system was reseted and worked again. May be just by disconnecting and reconnecting the old battery I may have reseted everything which could then started again...

Have you already seen that ?
Do you have an explanation ?
What is the correct battery voltage ?

If the battery isn't dead then I think I may build a little independent photo-voltaic or wind system

Well, when will have paid the big PV system

Thanks in advance,

Denis.

09-23-2008, 03:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
groar X-Frenchy: very Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Toulouse, France Posts: 595 scenic - '01 renault scenic 90 day: 43.09 mpg (US) megane - '97 renault megane classic Diesel 90 day: 72.53 mpg (US) dennisius - '06 Toyota Prius Team Toyota 90 day: 69.27 mpg (US) Thanks: 9 Thanked 34 Times in 23 Posts	Correct battery voltage ? Hi, Yesterday I stopped my car but couldn't close the car with the remote, so I closed it manually. When I came back to the car, I couldn't use the remote to open it so I opened it manually. But when I put the key in, nothing light on, nor on position I, nor on position II. A colleague of mine said me the battery was dead. I replied I found that strange as usually you don't have enough power to start the engine, but some systems light on correctly. He replied his last battery change was after such an event. Nobody had in his car any cable to connect two batteries of two cars and start the car with the low battery (mine in this case), and anyway it was late. We went to buy a brand new battery at 1 km in a gas station with a little market. Back to the car, another colleague had some tools in his car to detach the battery and swap it with the new one. Once attached, the new battery gave life back to the car I looked in a book from a third party () and it describes my battery as a 12V 70Ah. The one I bought is a 12V 50Ah as the previous one. I don't think the missing Ah is at fault. Tonight I verified the voltage of the old battery (3-4 years old iirc) and it's 12.64. The voltage of the new one is 12.86. Suddenly I'm feeling like the old battery isn't dead... I'm trying to explain miself what happened, but I can't. I don't understand why suddenly nothing worked anymore. May be something went bad when I switched off and a security activated. When the battery was disconnected and reconnected, the system was reseted and worked again. May be just by disconnecting and reconnecting the old battery I may have reseted everything which could then started again... Have you already seen that ? Do you have an explanation ? What is the correct battery voltage ? If the battery isn't dead then I think I may build a little independent photo-voltaic or wind system Well, when will have paid the big PV system Thanks in advance, Denis. __________________ Save money & CO2 at home : http://ecorenovator.org/ Created and managed by the creators of http://ecomodder.com/ --- Earth and health are priceless, so are kilotank and AT-PZEV Best Mégane tank: 1268.9mi @ 77.847 MPG(US) 2008/06-2011/10 saving: 5725.5 kg CO2 (5342.6+382.9) Diesel / Money: 42.17% = 2446.25€ = 3357.26$ --- megane : thread - kill switch.