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stroller

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:25 am
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hi all, i have a 2001 bmw 330. 36k miles on the clock.

i forgot to turn the lights off a few days ago and have been meaning to
jump the car (i have another one so i didnt' bother straight away).

no i tried to jump it this morning and it won't start. the battery is
"completely" flat and although when i connect up the jumper cables the
lights all come on, AC starts etc it just clicks continuously and wont
start

i didn't expect this to be such a big deal, anyone tell me if i'm doing
something wrong and what i need to do to get this car back on the road?

rgds

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:50 pm
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On 2 Oct 2005 10:25:10 -0700, "stroller" <smcbutler DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>hi all, i have a 2001 bmw 330. 36k miles on the clock.
>
>i forgot to turn the lights off a few days ago and have been meaning to
>jump the car (i have another one so i didnt' bother straight away).
>
>no i tried to jump it this morning and it won't start. the battery is
>"completely" flat and although when i connect up the jumper cables the
>lights all come on, AC starts etc it just clicks continuously and wont
>start
>
>i didn't expect this to be such a big deal, anyone tell me if i'm doing
>something wrong and what i need to do to get this car back on the road?
>
>rgds

Try disconnecting the battery and going just with the jump battery and cables.
If your battery is that flat it may be dragging down the jump voltage.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 4:32 pm
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"stroller" <smcbutler.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote
> no i tried to jump it this morning and it won't start. the battery is
> "completely" flat and although when i connect up the jumper cables the
> lights all come on, AC starts etc it just clicks continuously and wont
> start
>
> i didn't expect this to be such a big deal, anyone tell me if i'm doing
> something wrong and what i need to do to get this car back on the road?
>

Did you jump it at the battery in the trunk, or at the terminals in the
engine compartment (like you should be)?

FloydR
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:32 pm
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i'm actually jumping it at the battery in the trunk, not at the
terminals in the engine compartment.. does it really make that much of
a difference?

re: leaving the battery flat for a period, its been about 6 days since
it went flat. i've never had a problem before, do people think i've
killed the battery by leaving it for this length of time?

thx!
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:50 am
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"stroller" <smcbutler.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote
> i'm actually jumping it at the battery in the trunk, not at the
> terminals in the engine compartment.. does it really make that much of
> a difference?

Yes. True story: back in the days of metal bumpers, we couldn't get
enough juice through the jumper cables, so we pushed the two cars
together at the bumpers for the ground contact, put both cables on the
positive and got enough current flow to start it.

You need every amp and all the voltage available. The terminal is
12 feet of conductor closer to the starter (and electronics.)

> re: leaving the battery flat for a period, its been about 6 days since
> it went flat. i've never had a problem before, do people think i've
> killed the battery by leaving it for this length of time?

Leaving it flat/uncharged doesn't have much effect. It's the number
of discharge cycles that matter.

FloydR
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:37 pm
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got it going finally, it was just really flat so i had to leave the
other car running for about 5mins before it would start. i didn't that
just connecting up the other cars battery to my terminals would start
my battery charging.. i thought that would just supply energy to the
car and that only when i drove off would the battery start to charge..
live and learn i guess

anyway, thx to all
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