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I installed a Parrot car-kit on Saturday and on Sunday afternoon my LC would not turn over. Two batteries dead
After a bit of digging and chats with Tony about his parrot, we worked out the the loom I was given to connect the parrot to the LC's radio had the Ign and V+ swapped which had then drained my batteries (Two new 75AH Mr-T specials).
After a jump start I drove for around 30 minutes to the outlaws and back, This morning it turned over ok but not in it's usual excited fashion. I guessed the batteries were still not full.
Driving in to work (about an hour) and spending a day with Mr-T, no doubt with a few stops and starts, it was dead this afternoon. Starter turned once and died.
Another jump start and an hour worth of traffic, I got home and measured the batteries. They were 12.18V with the carputer and Parrot disconnected and the car pulling 20mA which I guess is ok.
Question would be, how long would it take my 120A (IIRC) alternator to charge the two batteries? If they were dead at the office, would an hour's drive suffice? If Mr-T did lots of starting, leaving the ignition on etc, would that have been enough to drain the hour's charge I put in during the drive in?
Once I got home, I stuck a charger on them and they were happly pulling 15A from it for 30 minutes (not checked since)
After a bit of digging and chats with Tony about his parrot, we worked out the the loom I was given to connect the parrot to the LC's radio had the Ign and V+ swapped which had then drained my batteries (Two new 75AH Mr-T specials).
After a jump start I drove for around 30 minutes to the outlaws and back, This morning it turned over ok but not in it's usual excited fashion. I guessed the batteries were still not full.
Driving in to work (about an hour) and spending a day with Mr-T, no doubt with a few stops and starts, it was dead this afternoon. Starter turned once and died.
Another jump start and an hour worth of traffic, I got home and measured the batteries. They were 12.18V with the carputer and Parrot disconnected and the car pulling 20mA which I guess is ok.
Question would be, how long would it take my 120A (IIRC) alternator to charge the two batteries? If they were dead at the office, would an hour's drive suffice? If Mr-T did lots of starting, leaving the ignition on etc, would that have been enough to drain the hour's charge I put in during the drive in?
Once I got home, I stuck a charger on them and they were happly pulling 15A from it for 30 minutes (not checked since)