A solar-powered trickle-charger kept my battery going for 6 months longer than it should have done. The problem with modern car batteries (well the high-current ones you need for diesels at any rate) is that they wheese a bit for a week or two and then just die dead.
The last time it had struggled a bit to start (30 secs rather than 2) for a week. I then drove all the way down to Exeter during the day - so giving the alternator plenty of time to charge up the battery and when I tried starting the battery the next day it was dead. AA man checked all the electrics - it's just that batteries die v quickly and drastically these days
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Date: 2010-04-26 06:51 pm (UTC)The last time it had struggled a bit to start (30 secs rather than 2) for a week. I then drove all the way down to Exeter during the day - so giving the alternator plenty of time to charge up the battery and when I tried starting the battery the next day it was dead. AA man checked all the electrics - it's just that batteries die v quickly and drastically these days