Flat Battery :(

[clarkieboi]

Morning all! :)

I'm hoping this is going to be an easy one for a Sunday morning!

I'll give you some background info

Got home from work yesterday decided clean the inside of the car. Had a CD on, moved the leccy seats about. Must of been 30/40 minutes tops. Tried to start her again afterwards and all I got was a chime and lots of ticking! Got my dad over with the jump leads and she started instantly. My dad didn't even have to start his engine. Went for a decent drive and thought that was that.

NO! Went to go to work this morning to be met with the same chime and ticking!

Is my Battery a goner or is it something else? I've not had any problems like this until now.

The only other thing that might be of interest is that there was a hissing/electrical type noise coming from ( i think) the negative terminal on the Battery.

Any feedback would be appreciated

cheers

clark

[Mossyn]

Sounds as if your Battery has had it mate, but:

Better to get your charging circuit checked (dead easy to do with a multimeter).

If that comes back ok then get a new Battery.

[clarkieboi]

Groovy...just what I need at the end of the month before pay day! Kinda knew it was coming tho.

Dunno if it makes any difference or not but the wee eye thing on the Battery itself is still showing a full blue circle? Does that not mean it's suppose to be healthy?

Thanks for the reply btw

[Mossyn]

Not sure about the 'Blue eye thing' i'm afraid.

I have seen a similar thing that shows green when good and red when its k******d.

To see if its charging literally takes seconds so that wont cost much, if anything.

The Battery is another story, depending on what type you get.

Good luck

[true blue]

Hi i'm a bit confused with the 'electrical hissing' this could be caused by dirty/loose terminal.Make sure the Battery terminals are clean and tight before splashing out on a new Battery

[clarkieboi]

Hi...Just a wee update. Went to Lexus Glasgow yesterday and after a quick check over they confirm the Battery had dead cells. New Battery was just 60 notes! Bonus! B)

[Felix]

glad it's all sorted,

I got my Battery at B;ham dealer a while ago for £55 ( something like that)

[Mossyn]

:)