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Give the main battery a good charge G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
23rd Jan 2017 9:09 pm
JackNorris
Member Since: 06 Jul 2012
Location: Beds/Bucks Border
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Cheers Wiggs, on it now MY2023 Discovery 5 R-Dynamic 3.0
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23rd Jan 2017 10:05 pm
JackNorris
Member Since: 06 Jul 2012
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Forgot to turn the charger on the other night
Charging againow, positive to battery and neg to chassis ground.
Whats a good cranking battery voltage? Where should i expect to see it after charge?
ThanksMY2023 Discovery 5 R-Dynamic 3.0
MY2020 Discovery 5 Landmark 3.0 - SOLD
MY2005 Discovery 3 V8 4.4 HSE - SOLD
MY2019 Discovery 5 SE 3.0 - LR Replaced !
MY2005 Discovery 3 S 2.7 - SOLD
MY2016 Discovery 4 Graphite - SOLD
MY2015 Discovery 4 SE Tech - SOLD
25th Jan 2017 4:55 pm
Dudleydisco
Member Since: 20 Jun 2014
Location: York
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Anything over about 12.7v (depending on temperature). Just don't fall into the trap of checking the voltage straight after disconnecting the charger, as the battery will have a surface charge on it that will give you a false high reading. If you want an accurate reading, the vehicle needs to be asleep too D4 MY14 XXV - RLD/IID BT
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25th Jan 2017 5:30 pm
nazca sand eddie
Member Since: 29 Oct 2015
Location: England
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If you have towing electrics you can use that as a way of checking the battery voltage without waking up the system, that's what I do with my 13 pin socket. I find that waking the system up can drop the voltage about 0.3v, which as has been stated my others is rather misleading when you are looking for close to 12.7v.
25th Jan 2017 6:41 pm
JackNorris
Member Since: 06 Jul 2012
Location: Beds/Bucks Border
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Just to close this. Finally got to dealer due to being busy and then being busy and apparently it's now working ok.
Prize goes those that called BMS. A reset and it's running ok. They did unplug my blackvue thinking it's that but I'm certain now bms is reset we are good to go so I'll plug that back in.
Pick it up later so we shall see MY2023 Discovery 5 R-Dynamic 3.0
MY2020 Discovery 5 Landmark 3.0 - SOLD
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MY2019 Discovery 5 SE 3.0 - LR Replaced !
MY2005 Discovery 3 S 2.7 - SOLD
MY2016 Discovery 4 Graphite - SOLD
MY2015 Discovery 4 SE Tech - SOLD
17th Mar 2017 12:39 pm
BBDisco3
Member Since: 23 Nov 2008
Location: Cheshire
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Is your stop / start still working?
27th May 2017 6:34 pm
Dudleydisco
Member Since: 20 Jun 2014
Location: York
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Mine is, although I do occasionally give the Secondary battery a charge to get it back up to 100% D4 MY14 XXV - RLD/IID BT
D4 MY13 HSE Lux - RLD/IID BT
P38 RR - Sad parting
110 - Even sadder parting
S3 88" - Still going strong after 23 years of ownership
27th May 2017 8:07 pm
JackNorris
Member Since: 06 Jul 2012
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Yep still good as gold without any additional chargeMY2023 Discovery 5 R-Dynamic 3.0
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MY2005 Discovery 3 S 2.7 - SOLD
MY2016 Discovery 4 Graphite - SOLD
MY2015 Discovery 4 SE Tech - SOLD
28th May 2017 8:23 pm
BBDisco3
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The overnight charge no longer "reactivates" the stop/start on mine. Booked in to dealers for next week
28th May 2017 8:31 pm
BBDisco3
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Having had the almost 2 year old battery exchanged under warranty, the stop/start has operated for the past 2 or 3 weeks without any problem.
4th Jul 2017 10:56 pm
Dave T
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With only short journeys mine gave up for a while, after a good run it has worked perfectlyJoined the BMWX5 45e group
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5th Jul 2017 12:14 am
JackNorris
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BBDisco3 wrote:
The overnight charge no longer "reactivates" the stop/start on mine. Booked in to dealers for next week
Possibly needing a BMS reset?MY2023 Discovery 5 R-Dynamic 3.0
MY2020 Discovery 5 Landmark 3.0 - SOLD
MY2005 Discovery 3 V8 4.4 HSE - SOLD
MY2019 Discovery 5 SE 3.0 - LR Replaced !
MY2005 Discovery 3 S 2.7 - SOLD
MY2016 Discovery 4 Graphite - SOLD
MY2015 Discovery 4 SE Tech - SOLD
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