Battery question.

[ajhailw]

Have a few probs with the battery on my 4.2, it appears to lose it's charge if left for long periods and unfortunately short trip to work is not long enough to do any serious charging. Have battery on trickle every night. Had to jump start it once and the difference was incredible fired immediately. Have noticed that battery is a halfords job 6 months old, is this likely to be the problem. Grateful for any advice.

Andy

[johnmckenzie]

If the battery is in good shape then between 3 and 4 weeks is as far as you dare go between starts (that assumes full charge to begin with) due to electrical loads from alarm, immobiliser and clock. Started mine yesterday after a 3 1/2 week idle period and it only just made it. Took it for a 75 mile daytime run to charge it up properly.

Regards

John

[ro_butler]

johnmckenzie said: If the battery is in good shape then between 3 and 4 weeks is as far as you dare go between starts

You can reduce this to 2 weeks or less if it is really cold....

[joospeed]

you need a battery conditioner type charger if you don't use your car often. any of the tvr specialoists should be able to get one for you.
Joolz

[ajhailw]

I have a trickle charger which shows battery as supposedly being fully charged(green light) but I have my doubts as it never starts as quickly as when I jump started it, is this likely to be the problem do I need to get one more specific for TVR?

Cheers

Andy