makeshiftUK
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Just to draw this conclusion (and resolution), I managed to get enough charge into the battery for it to start willingly Tuesday AM, making the decision to drop it off to Autofficina. They were able to fix the boot locking barrel without ordering replacement parts... great success.
As for the battery and my suspected parasitic drain, these were their findings:
In summary my school-boy error is to blame, and I'll willingly take that any day of the week vs. more fault-finding, time and expense. All has been fine since... long may that continue.
As for the battery and my suspected parasitic drain, these were their findings:
- Charging rate 14.2 volts, 13.8 volts under heavy electrical load
- Amp drain very low... 35-40 milliamps
- Load test battery; battery good
- Surface charge of battery 12.8 volts
In summary my school-boy error is to blame, and I'll willingly take that any day of the week vs. more fault-finding, time and expense. All has been fine since... long may that continue.
Got myself a 2.5m CTEK extension cable... as I don't have a garage I'm using one of our bay windows serving the same purpose, and it seems to work. Gone are the days of running a mains extension lead down the side of the house... another great success.Ummm, what? Both my GT and my continental were / are permanently connected to a CTEK. The boot will close just fine on either the 240v or 12v cable. Clearly you need to keep the plugs under cover, but I just run cables under the garage door.