50% OF ALL BREAKDOWNS ARE BATTERY OR CHARGING SYSTEM RELATED

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Watched this video yesterday and noticed this method of testing a battery for reserve capacity.
Perhaps a good idea after we are free to hit the road again. The video is about DSG gearboxes but the battery part is from about 2:00 to 8:00, worth watching.
 
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Not a bad video either .....

who thought it would be a good idea to submerge electrickery in hydraulic oil? :confused:
 
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Al Murray (the pub landlord) lookalike :)
 
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designed to fail.... but with a cute get out of jail free card for the manufacturer
"well had you swapped the oil that should need changing it would have been ok... "

and we've never seen that in a 7g box have we !!!
 
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