Date:         Mon, 4 Aug 2003 12:22:35 -0400
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
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From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Battery light on...
Comments: To: "Spooner, Robert E." <bob.spooner@MIDDLETOWNPOWER.COM>
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Could mean you ran home on your battery. I've done that before.

Could also mean the little blue(?) wire from the alternator broke or
got disconnected. This is the one that effectively turns on the idiot
light.

Get a volt-ohm meter and put it on your battery. It should read around
13.2 volts. Then start the car (if it will start now) and rev the
engine a little then measure at the battery again. It should probably
read around 14 volts.

If the first reading didn't read 13.2 or thereabouts your battery has
been drained a bit. If the second one doesn't read in excess of 13.2
your alternator isn't recharging your battery.

On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 07:50  AM, Spooner, Robert E. wrote:

> The light came on about 30 miles from home, but the van ran just fine
> all the way home.