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30/6/2024 at 2:41pm
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That sounds like a classic worn out battery! You don't say how old it is, but imply it's been used for a while, depending on quality of battery in first place and how well it's looked after, their life can be anything from under a year to 10 or 12 years!
The voltage reading, be it multi-meter or inbuilt van charge meter, really only shows the state of charge, but NOT the health/capacity of the battery. It may only have the tiny functional storage capacity equivalent of say a AAA cell but still be fully charged, which is why it 'dies' on any load application. Batteries lose storage capacity as they age.
Best 1st move is get battery load tested by a battery supplier (Halfords and many garages can do it), that'll confirm it's state of health (expect it to be declared 'dead'!).
Second option is a very poor connection to some part of the electrics, causing an exceptional volt drop on load. The battery terminals are always a favourite suspect, as prone to corrosion (clean and protect with Vaseline or Lithium grease). The rest of the electrics may need terminations checked in a systematic way.
Battery terminal check is the easy way to start, followed by a battery load health test, then if no joy with first two, the tedious task of checking through wiring/terminals, it's not so much the difficulty of task as the inaccessibility/access problems.
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