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Kevin1957 Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 5:56 pm Post subject: Battery tender/car won't start |
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My 72 has a relatively new battery. I keep a battery tender on it. A couple of weeks ago, the car wouldn't even turn over. I reconnected the battery tender and let the battery "charge" for 24 hours. The car started right up. Just had the same problem tonight. Any thoughts? |
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SoCalJes Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2011 Posts: 1093 Location: Broward, FL
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: Battery tender/car won't start |
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Can you see any swelling or bulging on the sides of your battery? _________________ Jesse
71 Ghia
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Just because it didn't come that way, doesn't mean it shouldn't have. |
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Kevin1957 Samba Member
Joined: March 15, 2009 Posts: 294
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: Battery tender/car won't start |
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iowegian Samba Curmudgeon
Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 9829 Location: Somewhere between Dubuque and Keokuk
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 7:15 pm Post subject: Re: Battery tender/car won't start |
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Take your battery back to your battery man. Might be a bad battery.
Batteryman can help. |
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John Moxon Samba Moderator
Joined: March 07, 2004 Posts: 13957 Location: Southampton U.K.
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NOVA Airhead Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2005 Posts: 5221 Location: Richmond, VA
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 6:30 am Post subject: Re: Battery tender/car won't start |
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Kevin1957 wrote: |
My 72 has a relatively new battery. I keep a battery tender on it. A couple of weeks ago, the car wouldn't even turn over. I reconnected the battery tender and let the battery "charge" for 24 hours. The car started right up. Just had the same problem tonight. Any thoughts? |
Could be an open circuit or short somewhere that is causing a slow drain. Also as mentioned even new batteries may have problems. _________________ Ghia Owner Emeritus |
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KGCoupe Samba Member
Joined: July 01, 2005 Posts: 3580 Location: Putting the "ill" and "annoy" in Illinois
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Battery tender/car won't start |
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NOVA Airhead wrote: |
Kevin1957 wrote: |
My 72 has a relatively new battery. I keep a battery tender on it. A couple of weeks ago, the car wouldn't even turn over. I reconnected the battery tender and let the battery "charge" for 24 hours. The car started right up. Just had the same problem tonight. Any thoughts? |
Could be an open circuit or short somewhere that is causing a slow drain. Also as mentioned even new batteries may have problems. |
Perhaps one of the battery tender connections wasn't quite solid enough when you had initially set it up, and was good enough to allow charging to occur when you reconnected it the second time.
If you're lucky, it could be as simple as that - sometimes those battery tender clamps can make "iffy" connections, particularly when there is either any corrosion on the battery terminals or when they have been sprayed with that protective coating. |
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mlhsquared Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2008 Posts: 1482 Location: Strasburg, VA
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 8:17 am Post subject: Re: Battery tender/car won't start |
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Do you have a newer radio, or any other electronics, with an "always on" hot connection? I did, and it drained my battery, over time. _________________ Mike
'67 Ghia Coupe |
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jdotConnor Samba Member
Joined: September 14, 2014 Posts: 26 Location: United States
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 10:12 am Post subject: Re: Battery tender/car won't start |
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Sometimes the wire is labeled 'memory' |
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trelms Samba Member
Joined: August 06, 2015 Posts: 248 Location: Denver
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 11:16 am Post subject: Re: Battery tender/car won't start |
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Or that always faithful hot to clock might be an issue with grounds. It's drained mine before. _________________ '74 Ghia Vert SOLD |
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squonk Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2011 Posts: 257 Location: Upstate New York
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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 5:52 am Post subject: Re: Battery tender/car won't start |
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trelms wrote: |
Or that always faithful hot to clock might be an issue with grounds. It's drained mine before. |
Yep. I pulled out a bunch of hair a few weeks ago with battery/charging system problems that I finally traced to the clock. _________________ '71 Ghia cabriolet |
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