Covered by Gena — logbook Toyota Celica, 2000

In general, rolled after work, in a terrible traffic jam, nothing boded trouble. I was driving in the center, for 40 minutes, and then bam - the battery icon lights up on the tidy. Well, I think - we arrived, the battery died, after a minute the tidy began to slowly go out, the 1 size stopped burning, the box shifted gears abruptly. I drove into the alley, became.
What thoughts - most likely there is no charging, then the generator has arrived. It didn’t work to restart, even the starter didn’t turn, the battery means it sat down. I called a friend to drive up (I didn’t have much thought, because to charge the battery at such a time - xs where, service stations for their repair probably don’t work, does it just leave the car?). While he was driving, he began to look for workshops, found one nearby. I thought I was already calling a tow truck (automatic transmission is her mother, you’ll tow the hell out).
Through he arrived, they thought already to light it up - I think we should try to start it again - bam started up, the icon does not light up. :) Some kind of drive.
In general, I left a wheelbarrow for the night at the service station, in the morning they took out the gene, opened it, diagnosed it.
Diagnosis - the diode bridge and bearing died, the reason - it seems like a tired battery, there was a constant recharge. Well, what to do — repaired with a recommendation to change the battery.
Given the extremely cold weather, frosts are not excluded in the near future - I decided to replace the battery as well (Varta for 60 amperes, there was no less).
Everything - the basin is back in the ranks!