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Started out with an emergency trip to the Vet for our dog who feasted on a chocolate bar Saturday night and became sick on Sunday early morning. All OK now after 12 hours at the Vet ER for observation.
But the R, 2004, was being a PIA on Sunday. The battery/key would not come alive and all electrical DEAD. Checked voltage at the red box under the hood and it was at 2.5 V. So I hooked up the battery charger and had breakfast. Went back out and checked voltage at 3.5.
Checked the voltage at the battery and it was sitting at 12 volts. So I took the battery out and hooked the charger up to it directly for about an hour.
During this time, I was researching the Forum and I was pretty sure that I was going to replace the ignition switch. So I opened up the Dictator library on his DIY page only to have the program he posted all of his DIY info on had crashed on Sunday.
So I decided to hold off on the switch change until Monday when the DIY page might be back up, which it is up now, or I could contact Dick for assistance.
I re installed the battery and then all the chimes and lights came back on. Checked voltage and found 12V at all points. Started the R and and I had a little over 14V on the system.
Back to the forum and more research. I found a link about disconnecting the battery and letting the R sit without power for a bit. But I did not find out what having no power on the system would do to the system.
Can someone provide me some additional details on letting the R sit without battery power does to the electrical system?
For now my plan is to wait and see if this electrical problem comes back to haunt me in the coming days. If it returns, I now have the DIY paperwork to change out the ignition switch.
FYI, I am on switch number 2.
Thanks in advance to all who comment.
T
But the R, 2004, was being a PIA on Sunday. The battery/key would not come alive and all electrical DEAD. Checked voltage at the red box under the hood and it was at 2.5 V. So I hooked up the battery charger and had breakfast. Went back out and checked voltage at 3.5.
Checked the voltage at the battery and it was sitting at 12 volts. So I took the battery out and hooked the charger up to it directly for about an hour.
During this time, I was researching the Forum and I was pretty sure that I was going to replace the ignition switch. So I opened up the Dictator library on his DIY page only to have the program he posted all of his DIY info on had crashed on Sunday.
So I decided to hold off on the switch change until Monday when the DIY page might be back up, which it is up now, or I could contact Dick for assistance.
I re installed the battery and then all the chimes and lights came back on. Checked voltage and found 12V at all points. Started the R and and I had a little over 14V on the system.
Back to the forum and more research. I found a link about disconnecting the battery and letting the R sit without power for a bit. But I did not find out what having no power on the system would do to the system.
Can someone provide me some additional details on letting the R sit without battery power does to the electrical system?
For now my plan is to wait and see if this electrical problem comes back to haunt me in the coming days. If it returns, I now have the DIY paperwork to change out the ignition switch.
FYI, I am on switch number 2.
Thanks in advance to all who comment.
T