Re:164 Batteries

["Birkett, Graham" <GS-Birkett@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All - I've recently replaced my '94LS's battery because it kept going
flat if I didn't use the car for a couple of days. Before I did so, I
carried a check similar to that described by Alan Lambert. I measured a
quiescent battery current of 23milliamps (or approximately one fortieth of
an amp). This means that an 'unused' 60Ah fully charged battery should last
a pretty long time if in proper working order! No problems with a new one
fitted.

A word of caution, there's a short current pulse of 2 or 3Amps when the
battery is reconnected so make sure you start with a high current setting on
manually ranged meters! 


Cheers


        Graham


94 164 24V Super (LS)
Cheshire, UK.

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