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13/4/2009 at 7:22pm
 Location: south wales cardiff
 Outfit: vauxhall arena lwb
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HEY GUY,S HERE IS A POSER FOR YOU .

My merlin will lose it,s charge very quickly and is always slow to turn over , so I sent it ot the auto elecs and they found the starter motor to be slow so rebuilt it .

Still the same so it went back they had it for 5/6 days could not find a fault nothing draining out etc. All of the batteries have been changed and are new so i have now fitted isolators so i am now thinking is a very bad earth fault .

Any Ideas or advice would be gratefuly accepted.

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you may be frustrated now but infront of me there is a big incline . yeh it may be slow but it is in front


14/4/2009 at 10:18pm
 Location: central scotland
 Outfit: aztec cantera 9 vango tamor500 vango
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If your starter and leisure battery are both flat it may be a split charging problem. Both batteries should be seperate and the only thing in common with both batteries is the charging circuit.

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14/4/2009 at 11:50pm
 Location: south wales cardiff
 Outfit: vauxhall arena lwb
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I thought that and indeed the autoelecs rewired the split charge system but stll the same problem, There has to be something simple somewhere it,s just a matter of time before i find it .

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18/4/2009 at 12:31pm
 Location: Norfolk
 Outfit: VW Compas Calypso
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Hi,as tou have already said it could be a bad earth,why not replace the earth cable ?,a good indicator is if it is the insulated type cable peel back the insulation and see if it has gone green.


18/4/2009 at 10:32pm
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Well lordampton that is a very good thought and only today i thought i would not only replace the main earth cable but i would also take another earth off the motor to the chassis.

I will let you know how it goes and once again thanks for your thoughts it,s much appreciated.

Delboy



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