The voltage drop to 8 volts indicates a bad cell. The Sears Batteries are notorious for the cell connectors to open intermittently. You charge and test and all looks OK and then you get stuck. Sometimes hitting the battery will restore the connection and get you going again. Tell sears you Know you have an open cell and you want a new battery under warranty. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Kim Brennan Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 12:00 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: alternator Qs? Alternator sounds fine. You might want to check either the battery ground cable, or the positive wiring from the alternator to the battery (I'm not authoritative on whether a 1/2 volt drop is to be expected on that cable.) On the other paw, you either have a live circuit draining your battery, or a soon to be bad battery. The use of hygrometers to measure batteries seems to be a dying fashion, what with sealed cells and all. However, you may still be able to get one at your local FLAPS. Check each cell with the hygrometer. Add distilled water if the cell fluid level is low. If a cell is bad, you'll need to get a new battery. On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 07:12 PM, Jeff Oxroad wrote: > The battery after just being charged by sears this afternoon (who sold > me the > battery 3 years ago) reads 12.3 when I got it home. What they charged > it to I > don't know. But they said it was holding a charge fine so as not to > have to > replace it--we'll see. > > It was dead this a.m. at about 8 volts and would not crank the engine Kim Brennan 86 Syncro. 91 Westy Syncro. 90 Tristar Vienna VA. Sugar Grove WV. |
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