Dead as a DODO

[Izak]

Hello.

My Patrol died this afternoon and not from the handgrenade but something electrical. When I tried to start her this morning the battery was flat, so I jumped her from the extra battery and all went well. Stopped at the office and tried to start her again, and all seemed well. This afternoon in the rain, again dead as a dodo. Again I tried to jump start and that is where something went wrong. Would not start, the jumper cable started to melt and they are heavy duty cables.

Since then she is dead. Had to phone a friend with a Navara to come and tow her home. Electrics is not my thing so tomorrow we will tow her to the Auto Electrician.

One thing peculiar, for about 2 days prior I have been smelling something like boiled eggs passed through the digestive system coming through the air vents???

I think it is a fuse but I will keep you posted.

IJM

[Aries66]

Ai jammer Izak, hoop net dit iets so klein as een van daai groot fuses, wat daar naby die battery is.

Sterkte

[Jorrie]

Sterkte Izak. Ons dink aan jou:

[Tinus lotz]

Battery klink klaar???

[Peter Vee]

Sounds like 1 x vrot dead battery... seen and smelt same before..

[Herrie]

Maybe the problem is the alternator!

[Traveler]

Sjoe, sterkte Izak. Dit is nie lekker nie.
Laat toets die alternator (seker jou sparky sal dit doen).
Kan wees dat die battery een of 2 selle gevrek het. Is dit 'n geseelde battery?? Daai eier reuk is mos swaelsuur se reuk??

Hoop dit is sommer 'n klein fix.

[Izak]

Hello

Het haar vanmore ingesleep om te laat "fix". Kan die battery wees, maar toe ek die nuwe Deep Cycle laat insit het(omtrent 'n maand gelede) het die battery mannetjie die battery getoets en hy was nog goed gewees. Hy het ook die alternator se uitset getoets en dit was 100%. Op die EGT meet hy die volts as in die omgewing van 13.2 wat reg klink.

Die swael reuk is ook wat my bekommer, het dit ook al van tevore geruik toe die vorige battery gekook het.

Op die staduim hoop ek nog vir FUSE, batterye en alternators is Major finansieele implikasies.

Nog steeds

[Tinus lotz]

Iask fuses blaas vir n rede , batteries dood sommer net ,is daar geen krag op jou dash nie? Het daar nie dalk iets fout gegaan met die installaie van 2de battery nie?

[Kagiso II]

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