Nice weather for a battery swap...

[dbg400]

The cold weather has taken its toll on the Yeti's battery this winter. Lots of short journeys haven't helped. Neither has using the heated seats & windscreen Plus it's the original from May'12. This Saturday it refused to start, and the dash promptly turned into Blackpool Illuminations. Took SWMBO's car instead - that had a battery swap this time last year! 

 

Ordered a Varta E44 096 from Tayna.co.uk  - 77Ah and 780A cold crank - which turned up this morning. Put on trickle charge and fitted in the sunshine (-2C though) when I got in from work. Just before it started snowing again...

 

All working fine again, and it turns over much more quickly

[ktm690rr]

Hi dbg400,

So when changing the batteries over, was it a simple disconnect one and connect the new, how did all the dash warning lights perform, was all OK ?

 

M

[old newbie2]

8 minutes ago, ktm690rr said:

Hi dbg400,

So when changing the batteries over, was it a simple disconnect one and connect the new, how did all the dash warning lights perform, was all OK ?

 

M

Did you loose any of the radio station memories, & also the long-term fuel consumption?

 

TIA, DC

[dbg400]

Easy apart from dropping the securing bolt & bracket twice - cold hands don't grip well! ESC & steering assist lights come on, but reset after a short drive (100 yds or so when I did them).

[dbg400]

7 minutes ago, old newbie2 said:

Did you loose any of the radio station memories, & also the long-term fuel consumption?

 

TIA, DC

Radio stations are still there. Trip mileage and mpg (2) were reset, as was the clock.

[oldstan]

I'm no expert.

 

OK, that's got that out of the way.

 

But years ago I bought one of these (they're no longer available by that name) .....  https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-hand-tools/draper-computer-memory-saver-cms1/1203221460

 

But you can still, seemingly, get much the same thing under a different name .....    https://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-accessories/winter-essentials/winter-maintenance/battery-chargers/?550775250&0&cc5_145

 

Have used it just once, to change the battery on my little Hyundai i10 - but it seemed to keep all the info. and was a doddle to use.

[eribaMotters]

If you are plugging this power source into the 12v cigar jack, could you not plug in your battery charger instead. I have a CTEK intelligent charger with the cigar-jack adaptor to charge battery without going through the battery terminals.

 

Colin

[speedsport]

When I changed the battery on my pre-F/Lift Yeti, the only thing I had to reset was the clock. Everything else retained its settings/memory.

All sorts of warning lights stayed on for the first 100m before ABS etc recalibrated themselves.

 

No external devices required.