I have never seen such a flat battery!

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19 күн бұрын

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@betterbackwards2701 17 күн бұрын

I have a trickle charger from about the sixties. Brilliant for bringing batteries back from the pile!

@maat8249 17 күн бұрын

My neighbour asked me if I could start her car a few weeks ago. Took battery out, put the charger on, only it would not charge it! Checked it with a multimeter and it was 0.0V. Like you, I've never seen such a thing before.

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

Strange eh? And these modern chargers have polarity sensing so you cannot put the leads on the wrong way - So if the battery is 0v then it thinks the clamps are not on

@terryatkinson3182 17 күн бұрын

Just got an old charger from the recycling centre, you're not supposed to take anything from there but there's no one to stop you 😊 it must be 30 years old but works like new after i put new leads on it. Old stuff was made to last and I'm sure it would charge anything, its also 12/24v. Im never going to get rid of it 🤗👍🇮🇪

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

I could never understand recycling centres - we have them here when the original idea was you could take things that were useful to you, and prevent stuff going to land fill - all changed now - forbidden to take anything

@terryatkinson3182 16 күн бұрын

@BritannicaRestorations it's a commercial thing now, more weight means more profit for them and they get a brucie bonus from the government for all the good work they do 🙄 Seriously if they were interested in recycling, all they'd have to do is get you to sign a disclaimer saying you won't claim off them if it goes pear shaped....

@BritannicaRestorations 16 күн бұрын

Exactly - I see so much good stuff thrown away that with a bit of a fix will make it have another life. I used to pick up power washers off the side of the road that were put out for the annual big rubbish collection - pick up 5 maybe, get 3 to be reused - I gave them away, but folk thought it was a scam, so no more

@jameskerr5756 17 күн бұрын

Good solution to use a charged battery. Think Debra might be buying a new one soon.

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

Car started fine this morning so maybe a fix - I have not had chance to test it properly yet

@gorifranka 17 күн бұрын

I have been through this before. The problem is, most modern chargers are INTELLIGENT ( more stupid the way I see it) and like you well said, it has to have some charge in it for the charger to start working. So what I have is a large power supply 230Vac to 12 Vdc and with this I can charge a dead battery. I want to add a cut out so not to damage battries by over charging but so far it has been great.

@BritannicaRestorations 16 күн бұрын

Well this idea worked like a charm! Fired right up this morning!

@axelcordes 17 күн бұрын

and you got it back after been zero to real life or only for short while ? always learning from you ! Thanx a lot, cheers Axel

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

Yes! Thank you!

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

UPDATE! Battery is OK now - car started fine this morning

@axelcordes 16 күн бұрын

@@BritannicaRestorations Wow - I would not have expected that - perfect !

@berndeikers8924 16 күн бұрын

good luck with the beetle - and you will need it - thx for the advice.nowadays they throw away batteries to fast. i dont see this charging points at service stations anymore, where charge 10 or more batteries at the same time. complete agree - charge same slowly and they will come back

@BritannicaRestorations 16 күн бұрын

Indeed, it did! Started right up this morning with no trouble

@berndeikers8924 16 күн бұрын

@@BritannicaRestorations thats great - let us know how the story continuous ....

@BritannicaRestorations 15 күн бұрын

So far so good - I have to replace the rear silencer soon so will give me a chance to test the battery

@berndeikers8924 15 күн бұрын

@@BritannicaRestorations try to find some time change the transmission and differential fluid. beetles have some problems their. the battery will be the last headache you have to worry about. but it will be interesting if it stays alive. winter is gone so next months wont be so hard for it- good luck

@malcolmyoung7866 15 күн бұрын

Have had to do that a few times most digital chargers need a reference voltage above 8-9 V otherwise the won’t work. An old ‘Ocean Boiler’ charger doesn’t care but nuking a battery isn’t the greatest thing. Doing it they way you’re doing it is relatively gentle and should bring a battery around again without further damage..👍🏻

@nigelbarton8350 17 күн бұрын

Seen this once about 20 years ago, I hadn’t used my Vauxhall Carlton for 2 weeks but it started fine- not an easy start either as I forgot I had fitted a manual choke conversion until after the first 3 tries, so plenty in it then. Drove 200 motorway miles and stopped at services, not even enough to work the interior light when I turned it off. AA man’s meter read 0v, new battery and checked alternator and it was fine so battery just died on that trip. Less than 3 years old too so got money back under warranty. Never seen it since.

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

Good news is the car started fine this morning!

@harveysmith100 17 күн бұрын

It does beg the question, how old is that battery? Anyway, thanks for the video, very interesting that the charger didn't recognise either it was a battery or it was connected. Lovely simple solution.

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

Battery is 3 years old and a good Interstate brand - When she first said the car would not start I was puzzled - so I got the multimeter out and zero! Tried an old analogue meter - nothing So got 70% charge into the battery, and she left - will be waiting for a call tomorrow! LoL!

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

Good news! Car started this morning like a champ!

@harveysmith100 17 күн бұрын

@@BritannicaRestorations Good. VW do tend to fit small batteries for some reason, weight saving I guess. Hopefully she can get a couple more years out of that. Hope your feeling better Mike.

@BritannicaRestorations 16 күн бұрын

Thanks - feeling better but a lot of catch up work to do! BTW the Beetle battery is a bugger to replace - so much to remove to get at it!

@petersmith4455 17 күн бұрын

hello Mike from england, if a battery is over 4 years old i would replace it or first drop test it like we did in the 70s, you had to be full on with a series 3 diesel while cranking it over

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

Car started fine this morning so it may be ok - need to properly test it

@453421abcdefg12345 16 күн бұрын

Did you find out why the battery was completely flat? I find the modern electronic battery chargers with not charge a very low battery, but the old type transformer chargers with a meter indicator usually work. Stay safe! Chris B.

@BritannicaRestorations 16 күн бұрын

We think the lights were on all night

@453421abcdefg12345 16 күн бұрын

@@BritannicaRestorations Ahhh! That would tend to do it, I find these modern electronic laden vehicles are prone to run a battery down in just a few days of non use, I leave my Range Rover on back up charge all the time. Stay sae! Chris B.

@jameswrensch1769 15 күн бұрын

Hope you offered to replace the battery, it won't last too long after having flattened it so badly.

@BritannicaRestorations 15 күн бұрын

Seems to be fine now

@tazmeadows2925 17 күн бұрын

Had a automatic charger put on a td5 defender by customer that tried to boost at 24v the battery was 0 voltage the alarm went smoke

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

Not good!

@djb341 17 күн бұрын

Is that a 2.5 litre in that Beetle?

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

Yes straight 5 cylinder

@bertoltb1358 17 күн бұрын

Flatter then my batteries on a Monday morning.

@jamescaron6465 17 күн бұрын

0 volts? A total discharge? I wonder if it has any fluid in it. Had a battery quit when I went into a convenience store to get a bottle of water and when I came out, my truck wouldn’t start. Even that had 5 volts left.

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

Totally 0 volts - that is why the chargers would not work - the 'smart' chargers think the clamps are not connected - hence jump from a charged battery and then charge - seemed to work!

@jamescaron6465 17 күн бұрын

@@BritannicaRestorationsyes the smart chargers use voltage to detect a connection and polarity. The was a pretty ingenious solution. It looks like that battery just flat out died.

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

We will see tomorrow when she calls to say it will not start! Didn't have time to run a diags as she had a prior engagement

@jamescaron6465 17 күн бұрын

@@BritannicaRestorationsI have one of those topdon bt200 battery testers. Works like a champ

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

Yes - they are good - but as the battery was so low, it kept saying the 'clamps were not connected' so it would not work

@andrewgardner7104 17 күн бұрын

Just get a dumb charger, simples.

@BritannicaRestorations 17 күн бұрын

They are actually quite hard to find nowadays, as even the cheapest of chargers have polarity sensing to make sure you put the leads on correctly

@grahameroberts8109 17 күн бұрын

Technically speaking, no battery is actually ’flat’. Vehicle batteries are large and heavy. Lol 🤣😂🙈. Fully discharged is the correct term, but flat reduces two words to one. Ok, I will let myself out. 👍🏻🙏🦘