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From: Fat Moe on 2 Dec 2008 08:56 Retired VIP wrote: > On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 03:44:23 -0800 (PST), peternoon > <peternoon(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> I have a Celica 1995. The power is completely dead. I do not see how >> the battery could have been discharged so quickly. It has been stopped >> only for a day and a half. I checked and no lights were left on. >> Where do I look first? How do I check if there is power in the battery >> and something like a main fuse blew off or there is a cable >> disconnected? I do no have a meter. >> >> Thanks >> > > Without test equipment it is almost impossible to diagnose an > electrical problem. If your car has the original battery, then it is > about 13 years old. Your problem might be a bad battery but without a > way to test, you can't say for sure. > > Jack j A gizmo like this is a very handy thing to have around when trouble shooting the electrical and charging system. Just plug it into the cigarette lighter and monitor the voltage. You can tell pretty quick if the chaging system is working properly, once the car is running again. I got something like it from Radio Shack years ago and still use it when needed, and it's one of the few tools I don't loan out. http://www.amazon.com/Vector-VEC008-Digital-Voltmeter-Volt/dp/B0002ISEQW In this guy's case he doesn't know enough to even start to diagnose and fix his car. I'd say jump start it, drive it to the shop and be sure to take the check book. And he might want to consider a membership in AAA for future problems.
From: peternoon on 2 Dec 2008 10:13 > In this guy's case he doesn't know enough to even start to diagnose > and fix his car. I'd say jump start it, drive it to the shop and be > sure to take the check book. And he might want to consider a > membership in AAA for future problems.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Firstly, I actually know more than you think but this time I am flabbergasted because in little more than a day it does not even have power for the immobiliser flashing LED Secondly, I do have a volt meter but it is at my place of work and need the car to go and collect it (D'oh) Thirdly I do (or did) have a membership of a rescue service but the wife forgot to renew it (her job) and it expired 2 days ago. That's usually the case, innit? The battery is about 4 years old and the alternator is only 1.5 years old That is why I thought it could be a broken connection, blown fuse or something like that, but where?
From: JoeSpareBedroom on 2 Dec 2008 10:15 "peternoon" <peternoon(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message news:1465cc6e-baea-4f13-8d84-8f660fa28cdc(a)l42g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... > In this guy's case he doesn't know enough to even start to diagnose > and fix his car. I'd say jump start it, drive it to the shop and be > sure to take the check book. And he might want to consider a > membership in AAA for future problems.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Firstly, I actually know more than you think but this time I am flabbergasted because in little more than a day it does not even have power for the immobiliser flashing LED Secondly, I do have a volt meter but it is at my place of work and need the car to go and collect it (D'oh) Thirdly I do (or did) have a membership of a rescue service but the wife forgot to renew it (her job) and it expired 2 days ago. That's usually the case, innit? The battery is about 4 years old and the alternator is only 1.5 years old That is why I thought it could be a broken connection, blown fuse or something like that, but where? ==================== Your manual will show where the fuse panel(s) are located.
From: badgolferman on 2 Dec 2008 10:16 Fat Moe wrote: >Retired VIP wrote: >>On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 03:44:23 -0800 (PST), peternoon >><peternoon(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>I have a Celica 1995. The power is completely dead. I do not see >>>how the battery could have been discharged so quickly. It has >>>been stopped only for a day and a half. I checked and no lights >>>were left on. Where do I look first? How do I check if there is >>>power in the battery and something like a main fuse blew off or >>>there is a cable disconnected? I do no have a meter. >>> >>>Thanks >>> >> >>Without test equipment it is almost impossible to diagnose an >>electrical problem. If your car has the original battery, then it >>is about 13 years old. Your problem might be a bad battery but >>without a way to test, you can't say for sure. >> >>Jack j >A gizmo like this is a very handy thing to have around when trouble >shooting the electrical and charging system. Just plug it into the >cigarette lighter and monitor the voltage. You can tell pretty quick >if the chaging system is working properly, once the car is running >again. I got something like it from Radio Shack years ago and still >use it when needed, and it's one of the few tools I don't loan out. >http://www.amazon.com/Vector-VEC008-Digital-Voltmeter-Volt/dp/B0002ISE >QW In this guy's case he doesn't know enough to even start to >diagnose and fix his car. I'd say jump start it, drive it to the >shop and be sure to take the check book. And he might want to >consider a membership in AAA for future problems. What good is that device if you don't know whether the battery is dead or a fuse or a broken wire? You need to measure at the source of the voltage, not at the end. -- "A word to the wise isn�t necessary. It's the stupid ones who need the advice." ~ Bill Cosby
From: badgolferman on 2 Dec 2008 10:17 peternoon wrote: >I have a Celica 1995. The power is completely dead. I do not see how >the battery could have been discharged so quickly. It has been stopped >only for a day and a half. I checked and no lights were left on. >Where do I look first? How do I check if there is power in the battery >and something like a main fuse blew off or there is a cable >disconnected? I do no have a meter. > >Thanks If you have no tools get someone to give you a jump and take the car immediately to AutoZone or such place and have the electrical system checked for free.
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