Flat Battery?

[yogi-]

I went to start the beast this morning and no pulse was felt, so i called subaru assist who came round to do some tests, He found nothing wrong with the battery but he did say that some Impreza's have to drive along with their side lights on??? he then explained, it's because their battery only gets a charge that way???

and that Impreza's have "intelligent charging" (according to Subaru).

My battery was only showing 9.6 volts when engine running, but when I turned my side lights on the meter showed 13. 6 volts.

Has anyone heared of this before

I may not be at the meet on Friday as I think tha alternator has gone down

Edited August 14, 2008 by yogi-

[Garth W]

That does sound like the alternator m8, oh well you'll have to ride that bike more now!

[HairyDJ]

Hmmmm,

Garage changed my battery at the last service and when it got delivered back (by their accountant, 'cos he lives closest) he said that he'd driven back on sidelights to give it a charge. At the time I ignored it and assumed that accountants don't know as much as the guys who get their hands dirty, but now you've got me wondering?

[baser999]

I went to start the beast this morning and no pulse was felt, so i called subaru assist who came round to do some tests, He found nothing wrong with the battery but he did say that some Impreza's have to drive along with their side lights on??? he then explained, it's because their battery only gets a charge that way???

and that Impreza's have "intelligent charging" (according to Subaru).

My battery was only showing 9.6 volts when engine running, but when I turned my side lights on the meter showed 13. 6 volts.

Has anyone heared of this before

I remember Granby saying something about this ages ago - something about keeping the lights on 'reminds' the system to keep charging every now and again rather than just lay dormant until you turn the key in the ignition

[Herman]

I went to start the beast this morning and no pulse was felt, so i called subaru assist who came round to do some tests, He found nothing wrong with the battery but he did say that some Impreza's have to drive along with their side lights on??? he then explained, it's because their battery only gets a charge that way???

and that Impreza's have "intelligent charging" (according to Subaru).

My battery was only showing 9.6 volts when engine running, but when I turned my side lights on the meter showed 13. 6 volts.

Has anyone heared of this before

I may not be at the meet on Friday as I think tha alternator has gone down

Hi yogi. I've heard of this "intelligent charging" before. It is true that more impreza's brake down in summer months due to batteries because the drivers turn off side lights.

The fact that when you turn on your light the volts go up, shows that the alternator is working fine. if it dropped, i'd worry.

Gives you a reason to take a nice long night time drive to recharge you battery too!

Might even join you if you fancy going to lakeside a few time

[yogi-]

If the alternator is working properly then you dont need to turn your lights on to charge the battery up, plus it's just started playing up.

Car is booked in for Monday morning now so hope they sort it on warranty, otherwise i'll be £684 + VAT if I have to buy one

Edited August 18, 2008 by yogi-

[granby]

I remember Granby saying something about this ages ago - something about keeping the lights on 'reminds' the system to keep charging every now and again rather than just lay dormant until you turn the key in the ignition

You have a very good memory for a man of your age Barry

[yogi-]

Car went in to Lifestyle ans they put a new battery on, but I still think its the alternator I'll do a voltage and Amp test again to see what the new battery is doing

[granby]

If the alternator is working properly then you dont need to turn your lights on to charge the battery up, plus it's just started playing up.

As has been said it has a so called intelligent charging system , it happened to me once before and since then i always drive around with my sidelights on and never had the problem again

[yogi-]

As has been said it has a so called intelligent charging system , it happened to me once before and since then i always drive around with my sidelights on and never had the problem again

I called Prodrive AND Knowlsey today and they both said the same thing, the alternator is fooked

[Scooby Hoo?]

As has been said it has a so called intelligent charging system , it happened to me once before and since then i always drive around with my sidelights on and never had the problem again

Is this on Bugeye's as well or an update for 2003 on

[granby]

Is this on Bugeye's as well or an update for 2003 on

I think all newages

[baser999]

You have a very good memory for a man of your age Barry

Remind me. . . . who are you again and who's Barry?

Edited August 19, 2008 by BASER999

[leebo77]

Remind me. . . . who are you again and who's Barry?

Barry's the old bloke that come on here... ....along with Granby.... ....Granby's the one that forgets to turn his lights off LOL.