Recent content by Robinbrum

I meant to say auto electrician. It seems there are lots of old school mechanics who won't touch the electric side of things and don't do any diagnostic work either. Yes, I probably could have saved myself a considerable amount of money if I had gone straight to an auto electrician, but I blame...

I meant to say auto electrician. It seems there are lots of old school mechanics who won't touch the electric side of things and don't do any diagnostic work either. Yes, I probably could have saved myself a considerable amount of money if I had gone straight to an auto electrician, but I blame...

The car is 20 years old. I have no idea if it has polarity protection... I might just Google it. The AA guy to be fair, I'm not sure if he was aware of what I had done by reversing polarity. Other people have suggested that it's not such a big deal The mechanic was simply acting on my...

I did replace the fuses for the lights which had continuity anyway so there was no suggestion that they were blown. The fuses visibly seemed intact, nothing broken and no sign of burning. The replacement fuses made no difference unfortunately.

Just curious to know what would happen if I pulled out a relay fuse with the ignition on I didn't test continuity on the relay fuses but I'm going to do that now. AI also advised me to test voltage while on the relay fuses with the engine running, but that's impossible as the pins are not...

I can't remember if the engine was running or not to be honest. You're absolutely right about AI. I think it works to a point but when it advised me to pull out a relay fuse with ignition on I knew that something wasn't right...

Done that... unfortunately made no difference

I trickle charged the battery to 13.26v but it hasn't made any difference to the readings.

Recently I was faced with several power issues with my car and I thought it would be a good idea to trickle charge my battery because I hadn't driven the car for almost 2 weeks. Like an idiot, I reversed polarity on the battery when reconnecting the terminals and hence a lot of problems. Long...