Urgent Sigma starter issue

[Dan Marsh]

Hi all,

I've got a service/MOT tomorrow morning. I have been away recently and only tried to start my 2010 Sigma 125 tonight for the first time in months. 

the battery has been on a trickle charger which reads full. When I turn the ignition the immobiliser disarms and the fuel pump primes. When I push the start button I just get rapid clicking, no starter turnover. I've pressed the inertia switch and it makes no difference. 

any thoughts? Being in the garage on my phone means I can't trawl the archives for the answer that is no doubt there multiple time!

thanks!

[SM25T]

Rapid clicking is a flat battery ... not enough power to crank starter. Try push start or jump start and then drive it 10 miles to charge it.

[Dan Marsh]

Thanks! Jumped it using the Skoda. I should have remembered that I dislike my Banner battery. Maybe an alternative is in order, or a better charger/conditioner.

 

[heptagon]

Isn't rapid clicking the starter motor sticking?

 

[Piers300]

Wrong sort of charger used. Try a CTEK 0.8 amp or 5 amp. They are fully automatic and you can leave them connected 24/7.

 

However, the Banner may now be knackered.

 

Piers

[Viblue7]

I had exactly the same last year. New battery was the answer. 

[Jonathan Kay]

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