Thread: My happy grin disappeared today, Flat battery!

I had the radio going whilst I was doing some interior work on the rangie, then there was some sort of weird solenoid rattling noise, I removed the ignition key and it stopped.
Then I went inside and came back to hear a horn type sound coming from my Rangie, it was locked and couldn't get the doors open, the key in the door lock would not turn either. I had the tail gate open , I tried to press the tail gate unlock and nothing. So I climbed in via the tail gate and manually unlocked the door. I managed to pull the bonnet and checked the battery with a multi meter. 6 Volts barely, and even those were fluctuating for .4-.6 volts.
So off to Battery World and 45 mins late was back with an 880 CCA battery Yuasa $299.00.
10 mins to pull and fit .
Bit annoyed it takes 2 people to change a battery, I to hold the bonnet so the other can undo the struts and lock the service leavers.
I fitted it and turned the key and she came to life.
I used the iidtool to clear all the errors that the flat battery brought up and all it at peace at roverlord now.

It Suprises me how this battery died a sudden death just with the radio on , I supposed it's all those brain boxes working in the back ground.,

Oh the joys.

I did a delivery today to a customer and he had a 1000CCA Caterpillar battery in his D2 V8 and he told me he paid no where near what I paid for his direct from a caterpillar dealer. Hmm might be worth considering next time.
Cheers, mario