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Today I went out to my RAV to head to a dental appointment. I noticed when I got in that no lights came on and no "keyhole" light. I turned the key and absolutely nothing happened, not even a click. I took off my shades and noticed that one of the lights in the ceiling (the push on/push off lights) was barely flickering. Did I really leave that light on the last time I drove the car sometime last week? Well, apparently so.
I called the dentist but I had a problem connecting. I didn't realize it (it was storming) but the home power had gone off and I was still hooked up to WiFi, which was kaput. Once I got back in the house and turned on the light switch, which did nothing, I realized what had happened.
OY! I switched the phone to cell, called again, and their line was busy, over and over, and over. I finally got through and explained my situation.
The power blinked multiple times & finally came back on so I scrounged about the garage for my battery charger. I found the ancient charger (bought 46 years ago) which has a whopping 2 amp charging capacity. I had no idea if it even worked. Well, it did. After about 5 hours of charging the RAV fired right up. I let it idle, and revved it some, for an additional hour. I'll find out in the morning if this was successful or not.
Point being that this entire problem was caused by me leaving ONE light on but for multiple days. That's what I think so far anyway.
Why did the battery fail? Due to a DUMBASS!
I called the dentist but I had a problem connecting. I didn't realize it (it was storming) but the home power had gone off and I was still hooked up to WiFi, which was kaput. Once I got back in the house and turned on the light switch, which did nothing, I realized what had happened.
OY! I switched the phone to cell, called again, and their line was busy, over and over, and over. I finally got through and explained my situation.
The power blinked multiple times & finally came back on so I scrounged about the garage for my battery charger. I found the ancient charger (bought 46 years ago) which has a whopping 2 amp charging capacity. I had no idea if it even worked. Well, it did. After about 5 hours of charging the RAV fired right up. I let it idle, and revved it some, for an additional hour. I'll find out in the morning if this was successful or not.
Point being that this entire problem was caused by me leaving ONE light on but for multiple days. That's what I think so far anyway.
Why did the battery fail? Due to a DUMBASS!