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Come Inside... => Petrol/Diesel/Red Diesel/Aviation Fuel Head Zone => Topic started by: Steve on May 20, 2025, 03:09:24 PM
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Banghead Banghead Banghead a repeat of an earlier disaster I must have posted about
Right now I have to be chauffeur for Mrs K for at least another week - not an issue but today I turn up to drive her home from her hair appointment and it'd running late - not really an issue. So I listen to the radio for 15 minutes and . . . . .
That's it the car refuses to start because those idiots at Toyota used an AA sized battery for the 12V system and if it's flat it won't engage the 200V+ serious battery which had loads of ampy volts left in it.
The RAC said they'd be with us in between 3 to 5 hours evil: None of our local friends have jump leads anymore. Neither the local taxis or Uber could get one of us home to let the cleaners in.
And I was desperate for a slash and (cutbacks) the local toilets were locked.
Finally someone spotted our issue and had a suitable jump start pack and we could get moving. 3 hours of my life I will never get back.
So if you're ever thinking of buying a plug in hybrid ask the seller if the 12 volt battery is a proper size.
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Banghead Banghead Banghead a repeat of an earlier disaster I must have posted about
Right now I have to be chauffeur for Mrs K for at least another week - not an issue but today I turn up to drive her home from her hair appointment and it'd running late - not really an issue. So I listen to the radio for 15 minutes and . . . . .
That's it the car refuses to start because those idiots at Toyota used an AA sized battery for the 12V system and if it's flat it won't engage the 200V+ serious battery which had loads of ampy volts left in it.
The RAC said they'd be with us in between 3 to 5 hours evil: None of our local friends have jump leads anymore. Neither the local taxis or Uber could get one of us home to let the cleaners in.
And I was desperate for a slash and (cutbacks) the local toilets were locked.
Finally someone spotted our issue and had a suitable jump start pack and we could get moving. 3 hours of my life I will never get back.
So if you're ever thinking of buying a plug in hybrid ask the seller if the 12 volt battery is a proper size.
The KIA one has the same problem...
But they have a 'battery boost' button on the dashboard that will re-charge the 12V battery from the traction battery...
Sounds like you need to buy one of those jumper packs and keep it plugged-in to a 12V outlet...
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Banghead Banghead Banghead a repeat of an earlier disaster I must have posted about
Right now I have to be chauffeur for Mrs K for at least another week - not an issue but today I turn up to drive her home from her hair appointment and it'd running late - not really an issue. So I listen to the radio for 15 minutes and . . . . .
That's it the car refuses to start because those idiots at Toyota used an AA sized battery for the 12V system and if it's flat it won't engage the 200V+ serious battery which had loads of ampy volts left in it.
The RAC said they'd be with us in between 3 to 5 hours evil: None of our local friends have jump leads anymore. Neither the local taxis or Uber could get one of us home to let the cleaners in.
And I was desperate for a slash and (cutbacks) the local toilets were locked.
Finally someone spotted our issue and had a suitable jump start pack and we could get moving. 3 hours of my life I will never get back.
So if you're ever thinking of buying a plug in hybrid ask the seller if the 12 volt battery is a proper size.
The KIA one has the same problem...
But they have a 'battery boost' button on the dashboard that will re-charge the 12V battery from the traction battery...
:thumbsup: a good move
Sounds like you need to buy one of those jumper packs and keep it plugged-in to a 12V outlet...
Oh yes but luckily last night a friend has given me one he says he doesn't need. I've said call it a loan.
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Banghead Banghead Banghead a repeat of an earlier disaster I must have posted about
Right now I have to be chauffeur for Mrs K for at least another week - not an issue but today I turn up to drive her home from her hair appointment and it'd running late - not really an issue. So I listen to the radio for 15 minutes and . . . . .
That's it the car refuses to start because those idiots at Toyota used an AA sized battery for the 12V system and if it's flat it won't engage the 200V+ serious battery which had loads of ampy volts left in it.
The RAC said they'd be with us in between 3 to 5 hours evil: None of our local friends have jump leads anymore. Neither the local taxis or Uber could get one of us home to let the cleaners in.
And I was desperate for a slash and (cutbacks) the local toilets were locked.
Finally someone spotted our issue and had a suitable jump start pack and we could get moving. 3 hours of my life I will never get back.
So if you're ever thinking of buying a plug in hybrid ask the seller if the 12 volt battery is a proper size.
The KIA one has the same problem...
But they have a 'battery boost' button on the dashboard that will re-charge the 12V battery from the traction battery...
:thumbsup: a good move
Sounds like you need to buy one of those jumper packs and keep it plugged-in to a 12V outlet...
Oh yes but luckily last night a friend has given me one he says he doesn't need. I've said call it a loan.
Thumbs:
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Amazing though that apparently you can jump start a conventional car with a rechargeable pack smaller than a mobile phone once was.
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Amazing though that apparently you can jump start a conventional car with a rechargeable pack smaller than a mobile phone once was.
They are incredible things! Thumbs:
I should get a new one actually... The last one blew up like a balloon and I had to chuck it away... lol:
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Bizarely the car does have a 'switch' that lets the traction battery charge up the 12V battery through the DC-DC converter but it's the ignition switch that doesn't work if the 12V battery is flat. Banghead
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I am searching for an anorak ::)
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I am searching for an anorak ::)
Which will serve you well when this calamity befalls you one day when it's raining