Official Match Thread S39, Round 17 - Roys FFC v Dragons FFC at Brunswick Junction Oval

[TheGoatBaron]

Have you had the alternator tested yet?

Yes and this was fine

 

[Robertio]

Yes and this was fine

Had the battery tested?

 

[HinkleysHeroes]

Had the battery tested?

This a good step. Our MUX had the battery go dead 3 times. The shit RAA guys said battery was fine, 3rd time and the guy tested, found a dead cell. You'd think the 2nd time on a new car would have got the RAA bloke so a test on it. Nope.

 

[Robertio]

This a good step. Our MUX had the battery go dead 3 times. The shit RAA guys said battery was fine, 3rd time and the guy tested, found a dead cell. You'd think the 2nd time on a new car would have got the RAA bloke so a test on it. Nope.

Faulty batteries do that, they test fine one day and faulty the next, once you work out the battery and alternator are working then it's a faulty wire or computor somewhere, i had one in the glovebox once.

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Had the battery tested?

Yep and this was fine.

 

[Robertio]

Yep and this was fine.

Auto Eletritrician mate and they'll check all the wires as i said i once had a faulty wire leading to the glovebox light wich was causing the battery to go flat xx

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Auto Eletritrician mate and they'll check all the wires as i said i once had a faulty wire leading to the glovebox light wich was causing the battery to go flat xx

No auto electrician in Mortlake and the ones in Terang can't take on any more jobs (which is strange to me). But we all seem to think it's the broken seat switch though. As I've said, we've unplugged this and if the battery doesn't drain in 2 weeks time, we know it was the seat switch. I've ordered the seatbelt that may have caused it to break in the first place.

 

[Robertio]

No auto electrician in Mortlake and the ones in Terang can't take on any more jobs (which is strange to me). But we all seem to think it's the broken seat switch though. As I've said, we've unplugged this and if the battery doesn't drain in 2 weeks time, we know it was the seat switch. I've ordered the seatbelt that may have caused it to break in the first place.

Yep best way to go mate and if it happens again you'll have to go 50k's to the coast to find an Auto Electrician.

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Yep best way to go mate and if it happens again you'll have to go 50k's to the coast to find an Auto Electrician.

Process of elimination time

 

[T2B_]

Reminds me of an old Jeep Grand Cherokee I had (old being 1996), you could put a brand new battery in it, but if you left it attached to the battery over night it would, without fail, completely drain the battery somehow.

Alternator and everything was fine, it had some weird parasitic draw that I never could find and never got to trying to get an auto-electrician to find, though I was always worried how much that would end up costing, given how complicated even a 1996 Cherokee's electrics are. In the end I just put an isolator switch on one of the terminals and used it to quickly disconnect the battery when I was done driving for the day. Worked fine if a bit annoying.

 

[killer]

Recon I seen her at hibiscus shopping town

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Reminds me of an old Jeep Grand Cherokee I had (old being 1996), you could put a brand new battery in it, but if you left it attached to the battery over night it would, without fail, completely drain the battery somehow.

Alternator and everything was fine, it had some weird parasitic draw that I never could find and never got to trying to get an auto-electrician to find, though I was always worried how much that would end up costing, given how complicated even a 1996 Cherokee's electrics are. In the end I just put an isolator switch on one of the terminals and used it to quickly disconnect the battery when I was done driving for the day. Worked fine if a bit annoying.

Yeah I’m more worried about auto-electricians than normal electricians about the pricing

 

[DragoDelph]

I remember jumping out of dads old falcon in the middle of the highway (as a 10yo), with a wrench to bridge a starter motor connection whenever it stalled .

 

[DERRINALPHIL]

Hi Dragons. One of my sons married a dragon. She's so bossy, but runs a tight ship and is a great Mum.
Hi Roys

 

[T2B_]

Hi Dragons. One of my sons married a dragon. She's so bossy, but runs a tight ship and is a great Mum.
Hi Roys

 

[killer]

Dragons?

Once heard the song April Sun in Cuba blaring out of a hairdresser's doorway in Soho
didn't make me want to rush back to Austalia (or cuba)
but someone in there was a displaced spirit

 

[killer]

CY
Huge blob of a man

 

[killer]

Yeah I’m more worried about auto-electricians than normal electricians about the pricing

Think, the last time I called out an AE it was $130

 

[T2B_]

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Think, the last time I called out an AE it was $130

Car battery is flat again, so it couldn’t have been the seat switch. One in Noorat, gonna charge me $60 cash, fully qualified, but only problem is, won’t be able to help me until next week

What was the issue with your car?

 

[DragoDelph]

 

[killer]

Car battery is flat again, so it couldn’t have been the seat switch. One in Noorat, gonna charge me $60 cash, fully qualified, but only problem is, won’t be able to help me until next week

What was the issue with your car?

Blew a fuse when I tried to recharge the battery

 

[TheGoatBaron]

Blew a fuse when I tried to recharge the battery

He’s able to come to me in Mortlake with the multimeter. Hopefully he can fix it here too

 

[Strigoi]

Reporting for duty, captain!

 

[Strigoi]

Howdy All

Hello!
Love your avatar!