Another battery failure

I had planned to take 't Kreng on a test run today, in preparation for next Saturday's final check of our Nachtrit (as 0-car). Sadly the battery had a mind of its own, and decided that it was time to retire! At first I was rather disappointed, as I thought the battery was only fitted a few years ago. But it turned out it was fitted to the car almost 10 years ago. So the battery's lifespan wasn’t too bad at all! How time flies …

But it lost me almost an hour to get some basic tools to the shed, and swap the DHC’s battery to ‘t Kreng. As a result of which the test drive had to be shortened considerably. And the check of the car’s systems had to be postponed altogether. At least a new battery is on order and should be ready for collection early in the coming week. I opted to replace the failed one with a similar one as was fitted to the car, and which is also fitted to the DHC:

Hopefully I have some spare time in the coming week to carry out the remaining checks and prepare the car for the Nachtrit’s final route check on Saturday. But first job is to get a new battery. Fitting the GPS to the car is the next, but probably most important item on the to do list. At least there is a fully functional back up vehicle. And the rally plates are ready!