Disaster Non Starter in the dark and wet. | |
Saturday Night, raining, wind howling and RR all jam packed with Band Gear for the first important gig at a pub chain.
Car in the road, not on the drive ready to go....... Click, clunk dunk. Flat Battery.
I fitted new uprated Bosch 6 months ago.
Got a mate to drop the gear off in his van.
Went to Halfords at 5.30pm Saturday and picked up the 'up to 7 litre' jump leads £39.99, changed my mind and bought the 'up to 3.5 litre' Powerpack £119.99.
Supposed to contain an 800Ah battery. Took 30 minutes to get the clamps onto the terminals in the dark and wet.
Clunk, Click, Dunk. Left the car and put the Powerpack on charge overnight !!
Did the gig, left the gear in the venue, Sunday arrives, take the Powerpack out, connect up.....Clunk, Click, Dunk.
The Powerpack has a 240V inverter in it. Plug a battery charger into the Powerpack and connect to the RR.
4 hours later..... springs into life, first turn off the key.
Wife and I were bedridden with full blown flu for 6 days and then did a couple of short night time, trips to the Chemist and shop with heater and headlights on, so the brand new Bosch let me down.
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