Battery

TerryWogan · 10 Aug 2007 at 13:15

My car's been sat for a month and the battery is dead. I jumped it the other day and took it out for a five minute drive up the road and back. I assumed this would be enough to recharge the battery but as soon as I got home I turned the engine off and tried to start it again. Unfortunately it only turned over for half a second before dying again.

Is the battery rogered or have I just not ran the engine long enough?

Clarkey · 10 Aug 2007 at 13:18

nowhere near long enough.

TerryWogan · 10 Aug 2007 at 13:19

Ah nice one! Thanks

tigerstyle · 10 Aug 2007 at 13:22

if sat dead for a month, maybe it's been knocked out for good?

but think of it like recharging a AA, takes hours not minutes, I guess a 3-4 motorway trip would put life back in it, but if it holds the charge will be another thing

Clarkey · 10 Aug 2007 at 13:22

pumping loads of juice into a dead batter is going to do it no good either, put it on charge overnight.