RRC battery

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Dave R

Guest

• Mar 29, 2006

• #1

Evening all,

Just a quick one, I don't have access to a RR manual at the moment, so
i hope someone can advise. The battery on the Rangie is on it's last
legs. Is it a straightforward change or is it different because it has
a factory alarm / immob. Is it one of these open door / lock door /
face east / stand on one leg and change battery within 2nanoseconds
job, or do i just swap em?

ATB

Dave

 

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Richard Brookman

Guest

• Mar 29, 2006

• #2

....and Dave R spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> Evening all,
>
> Just a quick one, I don't have access to a RR manual at the moment, so
> i hope someone can advise. The battery on the Rangie is on it's last
> legs. Is it a straightforward change or is it different because it has
> a factory alarm / immob. Is it one of these open door / lock door /
> face east / stand on one leg and change battery within 2nanoseconds
> job, or do i just swap em?
>
> ATB
>
> Dave

On mine it was 1. loosen battery terminals, 2. switch ign on and off again,
3. disconnect battery within 20 secs.

Can't hurt. If it fails, I'll probably hear it.

--
Rich
==============================

There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary
and those who don't.

 

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Dave R

Guest

• Mar 29, 2006

• #3

Richard Brookman wrote:
> ...and Dave R spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>
>
> > Evening all,
> >
> > Just a quick one, I don't have access to a RR manual at the moment, so
> > i hope someone can advise. The battery on the Rangie is on it's last
> > legs. Is it a straightforward change or is it different because it has
> > a factory alarm / immob. Is it one of these open door / lock door /
> > face east / stand on one leg and change battery within 2nanoseconds
> > job, or do i just swap em?
> >
> > ATB
> >
> > Dave
>
> On mine it was 1. loosen battery terminals, 2. switch ign on and off again,
> 3. disconnect battery within 20 secs.
>
> Can't hurt. If it fails, I'll probably hear it.
>
> --
> Rich
> ==============================
>
> There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary
> and those who don't.




You're damn right you'll hear it, i'll be knocking on your door!!

Dave

 

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Dave R

Guest

• Mar 29, 2006

• #4

by the way, i'm just about to send you a pic which pretty much sums up
how bad a weekend i had trialling!

Dave

 

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Dave R

Guest

• Mar 29, 2006

• #5

by the way, i'm just about to send you a pic which pretty much sums up
how bad a weekend i had trialling!

Dave

 

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Richard Brookman

Guest

• Mar 29, 2006

• #6

....and Dave R spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> by the way, i'm just about to send you a pic which pretty much sums up
> how bad a weekend i had trialling!
>
> Dave

Got it. You'd have been better in one of them fancy Italian boats than a
Rangie. Hope the headlights dry out in time for the next one.

--
Rich
==============================

There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary
and those who don't.

 

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Oily

Guest

• Mar 29, 2006

• #7

"Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Evening all,
>
> Just a quick one, I don't have access to a RR manual at the moment, so
> i hope someone can advise. The battery on the Rangie is on it's last
> legs. Is it a straightforward change or is it different because it has
> a factory alarm / immob. Is it one of these open door / lock door /
> face east / stand on one leg and change battery within 2nanoseconds
> job, or do i just swap em?
>
> ATB
>
> Dave
>

I've disconnected the battery quite a few times lately whilst welding and
also to fit a new battery over Christmas and all I've had to do is click the
key fob 4 times to get it to arm once it's reconnected and then click once
to disarm and then everything works as usual. Go for it! (RRC Tdi)

HTH Martin.

 

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Dave R

Guest

• Mar 30, 2006

• #8

Oily wrote:
> "Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Evening all,
> >
> > Just a quick one, I don't have access to a RR manual at the moment, so
> > i hope someone can advise. The battery on the Rangie is on it's last
> > legs. Is it a straightforward change or is it different because it has
> > a factory alarm / immob. Is it one of these open door / lock door /
> > face east / stand on one leg and change battery within 2nanoseconds
> > job, or do i just swap em?
> >
> > ATB
> >
> > Dave
> >
>
> I've disconnected the battery quite a few times lately whilst welding and
> also to fit a new battery over Christmas and all I've had to do is click the
> key fob 4 times to get it to arm once it's reconnected and then click once
> to disarm and then everything works as usual. Go for it! (RRC Tdi)
>
> HTH Martin.

Excellent, my key fob is not working either now, so I am guessing that
I can just open and shut the door with the key after that ?

 

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Austin Shackles

Guest

• Mar 30, 2006

• #9

On or around 29 Mar 2006 12:19:40 -0800, "Dave R" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>by the way, i'm just about to send you a pic which pretty much sums up
>how bad a weekend i had trialling!
>

hey, no fair. Put it on the web so we can all see
--
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In Touch: Get in touch with yourself by touching yourself.
If somebody is watching, stop touching yourself.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.

 

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Dave R

Guest

• Mar 30, 2006

• #10

Tell me how and I will, i'm not ashamed!

 

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Oily

Guest

• Mar 30, 2006

• #11

"Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Oily wrote:
> > "Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Evening all,
> > >
> > > Just a quick one, I don't have access to a RR manual at the moment, so
> > > i hope someone can advise. The battery on the Rangie is on it's last
> > > legs. Is it a straightforward change or is it different because it has
> > > a factory alarm / immob. Is it one of these open door / lock door /
> > > face east / stand on one leg and change battery within 2nanoseconds
> > > job, or do i just swap em?
> > >
> > > ATB
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> >
> > I've disconnected the battery quite a few times lately whilst welding
and
> > also to fit a new battery over Christmas and all I've had to do is click
the
> > key fob 4 times to get it to arm once it's reconnected and then click
once
> > to disarm and then everything works as usual. Go for it! (RRC Tdi)
> >
> > HTH Martin.
>
> Excellent, my key fob is not working either now, so I am guessing that
> I can just open and shut the door with the key after that ?
>

That's just marvellous isn't it, are these things all wired differently or
what?
Only time I've had trouble with fob is when batteries go flat, then before I
put new ones in I've had to keep it pressed without batteries for 10 seconds
to reset fob and then refit new batteries, says this in owners manual!
Maybe someone else knows better though?

Martin

 

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Dave R

Guest

• Mar 31, 2006

• #12

Oily wrote:
> "Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > Oily wrote:
> > > "Dave R" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > Evening all,
> > > >
> > > > Just a quick one, I don't have access to a RR manual at the moment, so
> > > > i hope someone can advise. The battery on the Rangie is on it's last
> > > > legs. Is it a straightforward change or is it different because it has
> > > > a factory alarm / immob. Is it one of these open door / lock door /
> > > > face east / stand on one leg and change battery within 2nanoseconds
> > > > job, or do i just swap em?
> > > >
> > > > ATB
> > > >
> > > > Dave
> > > >
> > >
> > > I've disconnected the battery quite a few times lately whilst welding
> and
> > > also to fit a new battery over Christmas and all I've had to do is click
> the
> > > key fob 4 times to get it to arm once it's reconnected and then click
> once
> > > to disarm and then everything works as usual. Go for it! (RRC Tdi)
> > >
> > > HTH Martin.
> >
> > Excellent, my key fob is not working either now, so I am guessing that
> > I can just open and shut the door with the key after that ?
> >
>
> That's just marvellous isn't it, are these things all wired differently or
> what?
> Only time I've had trouble with fob is when batteries go flat, then before I
> put new ones in I've had to keep it pressed without batteries for 10 seconds
> to reset fob and then refit new batteries, says this in owners manual!
> Maybe someone else knows better though?
>
> Martin

My hand was forced last night anyway when the battery light came on
when i turned the ignition off, bugger, rectifier gone - arse. I took
this opportunity to change the battery and because it was a.) raining
b.) dark c.) a pain in the arse i forgot all about the AFL thread and
just disconnected the battery. No probs, mind you, I haven't tried to
use the fob for a while so that will be my next project!