Empty battery 307SW - what to do?

Discussion in 'Peugeot 307' started by 307SW, Feb 7, 2006.

  1. 307SW

    307SW Guest

    It's very cold for the last several weeks, and after about a month on
    not
    driving my 307SW I am not able to start the engine, batter has no
    capacity
    due to no driving recently, and low temp makes battery even more weak.

    What is a procedure to follow in that case? I know that on some
    old-fashioned
    standard car I would take out battery, fill it up, put it back and
    that's it.
    Or I would use cables to "borrow" some current from the battery of my
    2nd car while it is running, would start the engine of my empty batter
    car,
    and that's it.
    But with car like 307 loaded with electronic, what I have to do to avoid

    any damage of electronic or reset of my 307?

    Thanks a lot!
     
    307SW, Feb 7, 2006
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  2. 307SW

    Alec Guest

    A fully charged battery will be OK in very cold weather. (it will not
    freeze)

    If the battery is left to discharge when the car is not used it may never
    fully recover.(particularly if it is more than 3 or 4 years old)

    If it gets fully discharged it can easily freeze and this will make it
    useless. (a discharged battery can easily freeze)

    Try to trickle charge it over two days, but I suspect it may have failed if
    it was very cold and fully discharged.

    Alec
     
    Alec, Feb 7, 2006
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    nigel Guest

    Best to disconnect the battery and charge it, BUT you must let the BSI
    "go to sleep" before you disconnect. This means after switching off
    the ignition WAIT for three minutes (or if the fan is going wait till
    that stops, and then the 3 minutes) before disconnecting the battery.
    This allows the BSI to write to the ECU any information it needs.
    Treat it like your home computer and shut it down properly.
    This applies to all multiplex cars.
     
    nigel, Feb 7, 2006
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