No Power whatsoever help

[DAVE_RSi]

mates 1995 1.8 8v rsi

battery was replaced 3 months ago

he moved the car at 1am, all was fine

then at 8am, it wouldn't even remote unlock, no power from the battery at all

no lights on the dash


they tried jump leads and got nowhere

bit weird if the batterys dead, I said charge it and then check all connections


my guess is that it was damp and cold and so the connections were crap and so no power was getting from the battery

any other idea;'s??

 

[Djw John]

Yeah sounds like a dodgy connection, possibly an earth has failed.

 

[DAVE_RSi]

well, he charged the battery for a few hours, and bingo, it started

so either he left something on in the car, or the battery is sh!t

or it was just damp and cold

or the alternator isn't charging it up enough and so it was almost dead anyway and then the cold killed it?


no idea

 

[BRUN]

test the voltage with the car runnin, if its around 14v then the alt is fine