Advice needed again please.
Posted in July asking for advice on a non starter and thanks to all who replied I came down to putting a new battery on and sorting the problem without going down the alternator route.
New battery been in for 8 weeks or so without any problems until today.
Had a shoulder op last week so not allowed to drive and motor has been parked up and untouched for 8 days. Got in this morning and NOTHING, not even interior lights. Put a meter on the battery and it read 2.1v, managed to get her started on a jump and checked alternator again. It is returning 14.3v at 2,000 revs so assume ok. Been on charge now for 5 hours and not switched to trickle yet.
Any ideas please as to why it dropped so low with no use, does it sound like I have a duff battery ?
Posted in July asking for advice on a non starter and thanks to all who replied I came down to putting a new battery on and sorting the problem without going down the alternator route.
New battery been in for 8 weeks or so without any problems until today.
Had a shoulder op last week so not allowed to drive and motor has been parked up and untouched for 8 days. Got in this morning and NOTHING, not even interior lights. Put a meter on the battery and it read 2.1v, managed to get her started on a jump and checked alternator again. It is returning 14.3v at 2,000 revs so assume ok. Been on charge now for 5 hours and not switched to trickle yet.
Any ideas please as to why it dropped so low with no use, does it sound like I have a duff battery ?