Flat battery but why?

[jets]

You have cured me, I will now refrain from touching the keyboard, read only. [emoji85][emoji87][emoji86]

Please don't take offence, your postings are of good value to this forum.

[Seano]

As others have already said it's that aftermarket stereo. There's original wiring in there so that you could turn the head unit on without having the key in the ignition. The head units at the time were programmed to run for a half an hour unattended and then switch off. It was very handy! I even had a aftermarket Blaupunkt unit that did the same thing. The current Pioneer unit doesn't though.

If whomsoever fitted the new head unit took advantage of this wire without consideration of what the head unit might do with the power then ...well...there's your problem.

Umai has also correctly (unsurprisingly) identified the box in front of the battery. If you remove it the van will never work again...

[Transporter]

I was not indicating to trickle charge the battery while the fault was still present.

You have cured me, I will now refrain from touching the keyboard, read only. [emoji85][emoji87][emoji86]




Cheers dave

Dave, I'm sorry if my post offended you, it wasn't my intention. I only wanted to highlight enough, so people remember not to use the trickle chargers in place of the proper battery charger.
...and as others said here, your posts are good value to the forum.

[Fossil]

Thanks for all the help guys. I disconnected the aftermarket head stereo and jump started it and took it for a drive for an hour or so and it's starting just fine now. I really do appreciate the help and this forum is one of the best I've ever seen with very prompt and helpful replies. Thanks again.