[Nasher]

Well the good news is that the starter appears to be OK.

I think that at the side of the very busy and noisy A3, after the battery had been shorted out and discharged I must have mistaken the rapid clicking noise of the starter not able to turn the engine over because of the battery.

Just need to know if there is a more modern unit available that can support the standard warning light?

Thanks for the suggestions, but I love the simplicity of the early Monsters, and don't want to go adding anything like Voltmeters or constantly illuminated LEDs.

Electrix World didn't reply to my email today, perhaps they have more important emails than those from customers showing their units having gone up in flames!!!

Nasher.