Steve; No, it is not normal. I would take it to a store that only sells batteries and have them test your battery and charging system. They have always done this for free for me. Your second choice; most any FLAPs can do as god a job. Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab, 60 356 T-5 http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 19:47:02 -0800 Steve Firebaugh <firebaugh@RAINCITY.COM> writes: ......> An hour later, when we were ready to go, the battery was dead. A > push start was needed. Clearly the alternator at idle rate was not > charging the battery while running the heaters (front and rear). > > Is this normal? Advice to keep charged up when idling? > > Thanks, > > Steve Firebaugh > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com |
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