# Electric car battery not charging from refilling

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/electric-car-battery-not-charging-from-refilling/5057>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [February 13, 2014, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/electric-car-battery-not-charging-from-refilling/5057 "2014-02-13T11:32:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![JackieEstegado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JackieEstegado](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JackieEstegado)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/electric-car-battery-not-charging-from-refilling/5057/1 "2014-02-13T11:32:55Z")

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The bug is that I cannot refill my ownbuild electric car’s battery. The option shows up to refill and I do it but it doesn’t seem to get any charge even though my batteries disapeared. I am using version 0.8 SDL

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**Author:** ![Zaweri\_Runewright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5e9695/32.png) [@Zaweri\_Runewright](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zaweri_Runewright)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/electric-car-battery-not-charging-from-refilling/5057/2 "2014-02-13T12:22:01Z")

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There’s your problem. YOU ARE USING A 3 MONTHS OLD BUILD.

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**Author:** ![HunterAlpha1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HunterAlpha1](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/HunterAlpha1)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/electric-car-battery-not-charging-from-refilling/5057/3 "2014-02-13T13:00:37Z")

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yeah, you need to update your build, try downloading here:  
[http://en.cataclysmdda.com/](http://en.cataclysmdda.com/)

i doubt it’s savegame compatible, in fact i’m pretty sure it isn’t with a build from 0.8, but it’s a roguelike, you should be used to dying and starting over by now. just try to come up with an epic way to kill your character before retiring your current experimental.

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**Author:** ![Soyweiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soyweiser/32/37_2.png) [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/electric-car-battery-not-charging-from-refilling/5057/4 "2014-02-13T13:37:31Z")

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Car batteries can take a lot of charge, and your batteries only add a little bit. Might be that the % is just below 0.5% so it is not visible. Try removing the battery from the car (with a hacksaw). It should show up as having a charge then.

Edit: An electric car battery can hold a huge charge of 100.000 ([http://www.wiki.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?title=Vehicles#Battery\_storage\_volume](http://www.wiki.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?title=Vehicles#Battery_storage_volume) ) so 100 batteries is 0.1% And will not show up.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/electric-car-battery-not-charging-from-refilling/5057/5 "2014-02-13T20:08:02Z")

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Lolfail