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Originally Posted by simboc2004
I have the same problem with mine - I like to turn off the engine when waiting (like a manual stop-start system!) and keep the radio on, but it disappears very quickly. The battery seems fine, but perhaps needs a top up.
I am told that the absolute vital part about topping the battery via a charger is that you MUST connect the negative lead to a chassis earth point - NOT to the battery itself - as the computer needs to be "told" that the battery has been charged and it cannot do it if you connect the leads to the terminals... what a daft system! Surely the computer should monitor what's actually in the battery, not what it thinks has been put into it!!!
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Really? I haven't heard that before.
So where's the earth point in the Volvo's, just clip the negative to the wing or something?
