There's another user of these forums whose Land Rover Discovery had a flat battery when he returned to it after just five days at Leeds Bradford airport - inside courtesy light left on after he'd been faffing about before dashing for his plane.

Indeed so I have no idea how someone can have flattened their battery by leaving their phone charger in a charging point when that charging point is effectively 'dead' when the key is out.

Its what the AA man said (where's the shrugs shoulders icon when you need it).


I was just bloody annoyed that the AA got there within a few minutes as I'd gone back into the airport and just settled down with a coffee and a large danish pastry.

Yet another AA man I have to ask if they get their qualifications out of christmas crackers.

I'll try and get his phone number for you, it started with 0800...

I'm surprised no one has mentioned checking the alternator too. The battery on my old deisel wouldn't hold a charge, no matter how far I ran it, so I assumed the battery was going - it was in it when I bought the car and I had about four years out of it.

Turned out that the battery was fine as the new battery died within a few weeks... it just wasn't charging from the alternator.

Durr....





Or is it just me that's a fan of bangernomics?

Wouldn't the little red light on the dashboard come on if it was the alternator that was duff?

Not true, i have 3 12v sockets in the car. The front one and the usb socket are 'live' even with the key out. The rear and the boot one are dead with key out.

Fair enough but what car do you drive as I have never come across that being the case?