02-10-2018, 05:08 PM
Hi,
Around one year ago I bought a new 6 volt battery but problems with the car and a lack of time means I haven't actually run the car since then.
Periodically I have been putting it on charge using an "intelligent" charger. Normally, when you connect this it senses that it's a 6-volt battery and three lights come on, one to indicate mains voltage, one to indicate 6-volt operation and the other that it's charging.
Yesterday however only the mains light came on and no matter what I do no other lights come on.
I tried measuring the voltage between the two crocodile clips but this is zero. On a more basic transformer / rectifier set up this would convince me the charger has failed but should I still get an output from an "intelligent" charger if it doesn't see a load?
I've tried to borrow a charger but all the neighbors ones are only 12-volt and I'm reluctant to buy another charger if it's actually an issue with the battery.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
John.
Around one year ago I bought a new 6 volt battery but problems with the car and a lack of time means I haven't actually run the car since then.
Periodically I have been putting it on charge using an "intelligent" charger. Normally, when you connect this it senses that it's a 6-volt battery and three lights come on, one to indicate mains voltage, one to indicate 6-volt operation and the other that it's charging.
Yesterday however only the mains light came on and no matter what I do no other lights come on.
I tried measuring the voltage between the two crocodile clips but this is zero. On a more basic transformer / rectifier set up this would convince me the charger has failed but should I still get an output from an "intelligent" charger if it doesn't see a load?
I've tried to borrow a charger but all the neighbors ones are only 12-volt and I'm reluctant to buy another charger if it's actually an issue with the battery.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
John.