Batt Flat

sunny6110 SG

I was v blur today... Forgotten to switch off my head light and the Batt went flat Confused Anyone had similar experience? What would u all do?

tomsss SG

check your battery water level. if your interior light still on, somewhat bright and still can crank a bit, no so bad. dun keep trying to crank already... flat means flat. Cranking draws the most amount of current off a battery.

if can, get another car and jump start. if can start, leave your car running and dun ever turn it off. drive around for some period, like half hour or something to charge the battery again.

usually for me, i'll just go drive to the nearest workshop and get the battery checked or replace. just remember to always turn off everything before your switch off your engine. Smile

sunny6110 SG

MIne’s totally flat… I got the batt changed at $80… And it’s SUN nite~!!! Darn`

magioluca SG

Wah so bad? Must change batt?

I left my headlight on for about 4 hours, batt also went flat. But lucky my brother in law car is nearby and he help me jumpstart.

You got try jumpstart with another car or not? or u straightaway go to workshop.
Workshop sure say ur batt must replaced, sure eat carrot one.

allblacks SG

Originally posted by tomsss:
check your battery water level. if your interior light still on, somewhat bright and still can crank a bit, no so bad. dun keep trying to crank already... flat means flat. Cranking draws the most amount of current off a battery.

if can, get another car and jump start. if can start, [b]leave your car running and dun ever turn it off. drive around for some period, like half hour or something to charge the battery again.

usually for me, i'll just go drive to the nearest workshop and get the battery checked or replace. just remember to always turn off everything before your switch off your engine. Smile

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haha..don't ever turn yr engine off? the atmosphere will be polluted till siao if everyone does this..haha Laughing

tomsss SG

meant to say dun turn off until you reach the workshop lah. some ppl assume jump start car means ok already... then you wanna go somewhere else first then slip of mind turn off the engine... and you'll need to jump start again. Rolling Eyes

lasboriquas SG

guyz juz wondering…if car batt dead how to jump start? anyone care to explain the procedure clearly?

tomsss SG

car battery flat means no more power.... or rather, not enough current to power up the starter motor to fire up the engine. you may still be able to do central locking or turn on interior lights but they dun cosume has much current as the starter motor.

jump starting is, connecting the jump wires, from the battery posts of the recovery car to the battery posts of the flat batt car. the recovery car is then started, then the flat batt will then try to start. the jump wires actually transfers some of the recovery car's alternator power, through to the flat batt and then to the starter. Once it fires up, the flat batt car's own alternator will take over the supply of current and will start recharging the flat battery. Sometimes the recovery car need to rev a bit more to supply enough current to start the other car.

sunny6110 SG

I left it on for more than 10 hrs... And I dun even hv any interior lights... Note... NO lights at all... It juz freaks me out~! Confused

nick34 SG

if u on a manual .. you can push start .. but you must know how to ..

Fatum SG

I also forgot to switch off before ... Embarassed

luckily one of my colleagues got a set of jumper cables in his car, and jump-started mine, I went to buy a set of jumper cables right away after that ...

lasboriquas SG

thanks for explaining Wink