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Anybody here notice (at night) that when you're lights are on, they lower in light ...
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Power (or lack of) in battery
Anybody here notice (at night) that when you're lights are on, they lower in light output when you turn the steering wheel quickly when parking up?
Also they dim when heater controls are on.
Only everso slight but noticeable.
My coupe used to do this, so I got a more powerful battery and the issue stopped - was rather bad in as much as the lights really dimmed when reversing and the revs were'n't enough.
Question ultimately is, do any other Stilos have this issue? Everything is fine with it, just strikes me as a little odd.
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Re: Power (or lack of) in battery
Its always been an acknowledged fact that the bigger the battery the better on the stilo..most go for the one that the JTD use ..more volts less problems..
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Re: Power (or lack of) in battery

Originally Posted by
Insomnia
Anybody here notice (at night) that when you're lights are on, they lower in light output when you turn the steering wheel quickly when parking up?
Also they dim when heater controls are on.
Only everso slight but noticeable.
My coupe used to do this, so I got a more powerful battery and the issue stopped - was rather bad in as much as the lights really dimmed when reversing and the revs were'n't enough.
Question ultimately is, do any other Stilos have this issue? Everything is fine with it, just strikes me as a little odd.
The Abarth Selespeeds are even worse due to the current drain from the actuators etc. I havent noticed it on any of the cabin displays or backlights but I did see it at night when looking at the headlight projection on objects whilst parking.
My CN+ plays up on very cold mornings which is apparantly due to the load on the battery when cold starting, it sometimes comes on with a blank screen and needs rebooting.
When I had a coupe I had a sub and stuff and full alpine multimedia in-it, when you had music on the dvd player and had it on loud, you could see lights and things dim to the bassline.
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Re: Power (or lack of) in battery

Originally Posted by
PNL
Its always been an acknowledged fact that the bigger the battery the better on the stilo..most go for the one that the JTD use ..more volts less problems..
Truck battery FTW..
http://www.tradekey.com/product_view/id/81521.htm
International man of mystery
Wit, sarcasm, you get it all from me..
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Re: Power (or lack of) in battery
i usually use Transit Van Batteries, lol, just go into you local motor factors and ask them for a Heavy Duty Diesel Battery and you will be sorted mate, i got on for my stilo i had the same problems as you when i had the standard petrol battery in.
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