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| Sockpuppet Member Since: 17 Sep 2011 Location: Leicester Posts: 479  
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Battery on way out, the crank is taking the volts down too low so the alarm thinks the battery has been disconnected. After a run the battery is nicely juiced so either you have a drain on the battery or it's not holding charge.
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12th Feb 2018 8:07pm |
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| DSC-off Member Since: 16 Oct 2014 Location: North East Posts: 1351 
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Hi, the battery is low and needs charging.
Mine does it with lots of short runs in the winter, with lights, heater and wipers on most of the time. |
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12th Feb 2018 8:08pm |
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| Fishmaster Member Since: 08 Mar 2014 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 7
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Thanks. Off out for a long run to see what happens
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13th Feb 2018 5:30pm |
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| Naks Member Since: 27 Jan 2009 Location: Stellenbosch, ZA Posts: 2591  
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Long run won't save your battery, what you need is to hook it up to a Ctek (or similar) charger for a week or so.
Since I got retrenched in Oct and only drive my Puma every 4th-5th day, it's permanently hooked up to the Ctek  --
2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear 2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged 
Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9 Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ |
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13th Feb 2018 6:21pm |
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| Orchard Member Since: 07 May 2015 Location: Usually walking the dog Posts: 258 |
+1 for CTEK or equiv, battery always in top condition. 2 second connect/disconncet with a plug or fly lead by the passenger seat 2015 90 XS SW Bowler
1998 TD5 CSW |
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13th Feb 2018 7:15pm |
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| BenB8man Member Since: 22 Mar 2017 Location: Norfolk Posts: 427 
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Are the CTEKs supposed to much better than the Optimate?
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13th Feb 2018 8:32pm |
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| Zim Member Since: 25 Jul 2013 Location: Small Village, south side of Leicester Posts: 85 
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I can't answer your question regarding CTEK vs Optimate, but I can say that I have been using a CTEK for the best part of 18 months.
I went from driving my Defender daily to now only using it circa once every 2/3 weeks - my battery was initially on its way out and the CTEK has not only resurrected it but keeps it in top top shape. I also have a CTEK on my 66 F100 which is used even less as its indoors all winter and only used in summer. Get a CTEK and get the connector (which Orchard mentioned) which you can wire up to your battery direct - which has a plug that you just need to plug into the CTEK cable. It makes using a charger / conditioner much easier. 2007 Defender 90 XS |
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14th Feb 2018 2:35pm |
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| ParabolicSwivel Member Since: 13 Nov 2013 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 42 |
I had the same issue. My 110 is only used once or twice a week at most.
I found I had to use maintenance mode every time to prevent the annoying/embarrasssing siren when I started. Particularly annoying as the battery was otherwise showing no signs of age (it was original, 5yrs old, 20k-ish miles, good strong cranking, engine starting instantly...). I tried keeping it topped up with a charger but it got to be a bit of a faff as it lives on the drive. In the end I replaced the battery with a 100Ah Bosch S5 and so far this winter it’s not given a single blip on the alarm despite sometimes over a week of frosty inactivity between uses. |
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16th Feb 2018 5:34pm |
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| nitram17 Member Since: 09 Jun 2014 Location: newcastle Posts: 2260 |
Shhh...I have a skytag tracker on mine and I only use it on weekends so if I don't put it on the ctek at least for 24 hours every week it will be flat within 10 days......I don't leave it on permanently as I dont like giving potential thieves access to a 240 v cable and as its on the drive I don't. Want some kid fiddling with the cable and getting a shock!
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16th Feb 2018 5:46pm |
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| zsd-puma Member Since: 09 Aug 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 2720 
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Ive fitted an AA Solar panel in my back window, I think it was about £25 keeps the battery topped up nicely.
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16th Feb 2018 7:34pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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If cost is an issue then the Aldi/Lidl ones at £13.99 seem pretty good: Click image to enlarge Electronically controlled, fully automatic charging with LED indicator With reverse polarity, short circuit and overload protection 4 variable charging rates, max. (A): 3.8 Operating voltage: 220-240V ~ 50/60Hz Cable length (m): 1.95 3 year manufacturer’s warranty |
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17th Feb 2018 11:52am |
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| Whitcliffian Member Since: 15 Nov 2017 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 33 
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I have read this thread with interest. What happened with Mr Fishmaster’s Defender also happened for me so based on the advice given I purchased a CTEK & & have used it to top the battery up. It appeared to be successful however today when I was out, when I came to restart the vehicle a found that the alarm light was staying on. I showed it to the people who service the vehicle & they are going to look into it/find out more but I am mentioning it here to see whether anybody else has had a similar experience. I actually do not know whether it is connected to recharging the battery or whether that is just a coincidence. I am stumped for now though so any comments/anecdotes concerning similar experiences will be interesting for me.
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20th Feb 2018 7:33pm |
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| Sockpuppet Member Since: 17 Sep 2011 Location: Leicester Posts: 479
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Alarm light staying on means the battery in keyfob needs changing as it's getting low.
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21st Feb 2018 12:42am |
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| Whitcliffian Member Since: 15 Nov 2017 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 33
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Hi Sockpuppet. Thanks for your reply. The people who service the vehicle did change the key fob battery but thereafter the problem persisted so that is why I am stumped & why they are going to look into it further. It does not seem to be affecting anything else. The alarm system works ok because we tested it.
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21st Feb 2018 10:59am |
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