Yesterday my Uncle Comes over, asking about Battery Chargers. He tried to Start his '17 Continental (15k mi) for the first time since Feb. no crank, no nothing.
I give him my little Stanley Charger/Maintainer unit, told him to let it run over night. calls around 11 this morning (happen to have the day off) hadn't seemed to do anything.
so I head over with Dad's old Schumaker tabletop unit. as soon as we get it connected, it's drawing 12 amps...within half hour it's down to 6 amps... let it charge for a full hour. still around 6 amps, but Uncle's getting a bit antsy, he just wants to get it started so he can have the battery replaced.( MY2017 Car, only has 15k mi, factory battery) so, I walk the 4 or so houses down to my brother's house (WFH) to borrow his Jump pack.
we go out to his Volt to get the Jump Pack, the hatch won't open.... it's 12v Battery is dead... he plugs in the EV Charger, the car comes to life, since it's getting power now, he pops the hatch, gives me the jump pack, "well, crap, now I finally need to replace the battery" (he's been waiting for it to go out for a couple years now..it might be the original battery as well (2014MY))
he heads back into the house, I walk back to uncle's house.
we hook up the jump pack, it's not powerful enough to start the 2.7EB...(works fine on my C-max..)
so he finally calls AAA for a jumpstart. they of course say it will be 45 min, so I run to the nearby Grocery, pick up a few things i needed, head back over.
when I get there the AAA van is in the driveway, and the Continental is Running. alternator tests fine, Battery is DONE. they of course try to sell him one, but he passes as he's already made arrangements with Battery Warehouse.
I go home, take a shower get dressed etc, get a txt from my brother saying he ordered a battery from the local NAPA, and if I'll go pick it up for him, so he doesn't have to turn the insurance on on his truck.
sure, no problem.
they haven't said it's ready yet, but I'll let you know.
they never contacted him saying it was ready before the store closed. so he had to call and get his Truck insured. Hopefully they (napa) get in touch with him Tomorrow.
I give him my little Stanley Charger/Maintainer unit, told him to let it run over night. calls around 11 this morning (happen to have the day off) hadn't seemed to do anything.
so I head over with Dad's old Schumaker tabletop unit. as soon as we get it connected, it's drawing 12 amps...within half hour it's down to 6 amps... let it charge for a full hour. still around 6 amps, but Uncle's getting a bit antsy, he just wants to get it started so he can have the battery replaced.( MY2017 Car, only has 15k mi, factory battery) so, I walk the 4 or so houses down to my brother's house (WFH) to borrow his Jump pack.
we go out to his Volt to get the Jump Pack, the hatch won't open.... it's 12v Battery is dead... he plugs in the EV Charger, the car comes to life, since it's getting power now, he pops the hatch, gives me the jump pack, "well, crap, now I finally need to replace the battery" (he's been waiting for it to go out for a couple years now..it might be the original battery as well (2014MY))
he heads back into the house, I walk back to uncle's house.
we hook up the jump pack, it's not powerful enough to start the 2.7EB...(works fine on my C-max..)
so he finally calls AAA for a jumpstart. they of course say it will be 45 min, so I run to the nearby Grocery, pick up a few things i needed, head back over.
when I get there the AAA van is in the driveway, and the Continental is Running. alternator tests fine, Battery is DONE. they of course try to sell him one, but he passes as he's already made arrangements with Battery Warehouse.
I go home, take a shower get dressed etc, get a txt from my brother saying he ordered a battery from the local NAPA, and if I'll go pick it up for him, so he doesn't have to turn the insurance on on his truck.
sure, no problem.
they haven't said it's ready yet, but I'll let you know.
they never contacted him saying it was ready before the store closed. so he had to call and get his Truck insured. Hopefully they (napa) get in touch with him Tomorrow.