TEN95 Member 3 Member For: 13y 4m 29d Posted 30/09/11 09:34 AM Share Posted 30/09/11 09:34 AM Howdy yall,It's Friday night and I'm stuck at home with a flat battery. The battery lives under the floor in the boot, and is too flat to engage the boot release.The car is unlocked and I have access to the interior and under the bonnet. Obviously, in this situation a normal person would simply use the manual boot release cable. But, I can't fold down the rear seats to get to the boot, as some idiot thought it prudent to put 3 TV screens in a fixed custom panel where the rear seat used to be. That idiot being me.So does anyone have a clue how I can get enough juice into the battery just to engage the boot release? I have a battery charger handy and a very limited knowledge of car electrics or anything else for that matter. Thanks for reading this far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 16y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 30/09/11 09:40 AM Share Posted 30/09/11 09:40 AM Wow. What luck haha.Jumper pack straight on the alternator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 9m 2d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 30/09/11 09:40 AM Share Posted 30/09/11 09:40 AM LolSorry mate but ya have to admit to an outsider that's pretty funny. good luck with it.What henz said sounds like the only option, don't know how good for it it's gonna be but. Or can you pull one of the screens out and reach through for it? Or are they bolted from the other side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,435 Member For: 15y 2m 3d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 30/09/11 09:59 AM Share Posted 30/09/11 09:59 AM tap into the battery leads from the engine bay. ie the extension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
234Fpv Donating Members 522 Member For: 13y 7m 20d Gender: Male Location: Yeppoon qld Posted 30/09/11 10:00 AM Share Posted 30/09/11 10:00 AM Would a jump pack work with the positive on the starter motor positive lead and the earth earthed out? I can't see why it wouldn'tSent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 16y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 30/09/11 10:03 AM Share Posted 30/09/11 10:03 AM Once there's some power he should be able to pop the boot and charge it properly.I came back to this thread to lol though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 9m 2d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 30/09/11 10:05 AM Share Posted 30/09/11 10:05 AM Yeah but to get the power you'd have to keep trying to turn it over wouldn't you? Like for ages.Fordfreak might be onto the winner I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace blind leading the blind Member 3,657 Member For: 16y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: Mt Alford, Queensland Posted 30/09/11 10:08 AM Share Posted 30/09/11 10:08 AM (edited) couldnt you just put the positive of the charger on the positve next to the fuse box earth out the negaitve and that should give you enough power to pop the boot - battery charger dishes out 13.5 v and about 1.5 amp that will be more than enough to pop the boot to chuck the charger on the batteryedit: btw maybe you need to make the panel with the tvs on it fold down for emergencies Edited 30/09/11 10:10 AM by Ace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 21y 10m 29d Gender: Male Posted 30/09/11 10:20 AM Share Posted 30/09/11 10:20 AM You r gonna have to get an axe or an angle grinder to cut a hole into the boot. Sorry mate, no other way. THe guys above are just getting your hopes up and taking the mickey out of your predicament....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEN95 Member 3 Member For: 13y 4m 29d Posted 30/09/11 10:37 AM Author Share Posted 30/09/11 10:37 AM Thanks so much for the help, to everyone who replied. In the unlikely event that in the future, there is someone as stupid as me who has this happen to them... it was so simple to fix. I just connected the battery charger to the positive going into the engine bay relay box. Earthed the negative and kept the charger on 2A (I was paranoid about frying something, because electricity is a total mystery to me and for all I know it is a form of magic).Then I hit the key, after a few moments she started to liven up a bit, and the boot release worked Glad I was able to provide some lulz to you guys, it's a talent of mine. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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