Timeline for No functioning electrics in 1996 Toyota Estima (Previa) but battery is fully charged and fuses seem fine?
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| S Nov 7, 2019 at 3:47 | history | bounty ended | craq | ||
| S Nov 7, 2019 at 3:47 | history | notice removed | craq | ||
| Nov 5, 2019 at 13:38 | comment | added | narkeleptk | H. Daun took the time to write it all out nice and post as a proper answer so I have no quarrels if you wanted to reward them. | |
| Nov 5, 2019 at 8:36 | comment | added | craq | So besides feeling a bit stupid now, I have to figure out what to do with the bounty. I feel like @narkeleptk earned it because they were earlier, the multimeter was the key, and checking voltages at each fuse (some of which can't be checked visually) would have been the next thing to do. At the moment, the only answer is from H. Daun, and it's not a bad answer either. If it stays that way, I'm happy to give them the bounty. | |
| Nov 5, 2019 at 8:33 | comment | added | craq | I didn't have access to a multimeter until the weekend, thanks for convincing me to go and get one - it turned out the battery was actually completely discharged. The fine print in the charger manual says that batteries with extremely low charge will also read as "fully charged" when they're first connected. After the multimeter showed 2.5V I left it for a couple of hours and the charger did the trick. Just now I reconnected the battery and the car started up again :-) | |
| Nov 4, 2019 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMechanics/status/1191233720168132608 | ||
| Nov 4, 2019 at 4:20 | answer | added | H. Daun | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 2, 2019 at 1:30 | comment | added | narkeleptk | Sounds like connection issue with battery, grounding or blown main fuse. Have you used a meter to check for any voltage at the fuse box? Could wiring have been attacked by mice/squirrels? | |
| S Nov 1, 2019 at 20:47 | history | bounty started | craq | ||
| S Nov 1, 2019 at 20:47 | history | notice added | craq | Draw attention | |
| Oct 17, 2019 at 2:50 | review | First posts | |||
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| Oct 17, 2019 at 2:45 | history | asked | craq | CC BY-SA 4.0 |