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floored12 · 07-27-2011, 05:40 PM

I have a 2007 tch and I recently noticed when I go to the energy monitor the battery icon is blue. It is not green anymore and does not get filled up. ANy idea on why? ive got about 60k on the tch.

thank you
jay

ukrkoz · 07-27-2011, 07:06 PM

means your battery is not charged. either with your driving lately you are continuously overtaxing that battery, without giving it a chance to recharge, or something's wrong. it will stay blue for about 3 bars below the very top mark though. turns green when you have 3 bars left to fill. should never drop below 2 bars also. ICE should kick in at 2 bars down. 2 bars, not 3 DOORS DOWN.

floored12 · 07-27-2011, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ukrkoz

means your battery is not charged. either with your driving lately you are continuously overtaxing that battery, without giving it a chance to recharge, or something's wrong. it will stay blue for about 3 bars below the very top mark though. turns green when you have 3 bars left to fill. should never drop below 2 bars also. ICE should kick in at 2 bars down. 2 bars, not 3 DOORS DOWN.

thank you. how did i know youd be the one with the first response. i was trying to see why it wouldnt charge but as i was reading your response it went to green, not full but green. I know i shoulnt have been reading and driving but .....im not replying and driving. I had my hockey bag and baseball bags in the trunk and didnt know if it was causing some type of heat issue. I still dont know since i removed one bag but not sure if it was the bag or just time.

thank you again
jay

ukrkoz · 07-27-2011, 09:40 PM

because I have too much time on hand?
glad it turned green. Fan and fan vent are up in the trunk and vent is on the rear shelf. Don't think it'd have caused much trouble with bags. Maybe, like I said, you overtaxed it, or you simply looked at it at the wrong time, when it stayed blue.
Find a local long downhill, let her roll down and put gear shifter into B mode. Charges battery faster, so that you can see it better on the screen, if it's charging or not.

floored12 · 07-27-2011, 10:07 PM

Beacuse you have too much knowledge. Ill try finding a hill tomorrow after work.

ukrkoz · 07-28-2011, 10:41 AM

There's a great Russian classic play, Grief from Wisdom. You don't know how true it is. But thank you, I'm flattered, undeserving so.