At 11:37 AM 12/9/2009, Mike South wrote: >the trip mentioned above) was before the aux battery installation. Negative >starter battery post to frame is 1.6 ohms (measured because I read something >about a poor grounding causing that kind of thing) Mike, you need to recheck this. 1.6 ohms is an outrageously high value for the battery ground -- it should read 0 on a regular ohmmeter. The practical way to check its quality is to measure the voltage across the connection while you put a load on the circuit. I'd hope to see less than a quarter volt across there while cranking, for example.
>It's 26 degrees Fahrenheit today. The voltage across the posts of the >starter battery was 12.18 cold. Immediately after I started it, while it >was running, it measured 11.51 volts.. So, it's not charging. Is the alt light on? What's the voltage at the alternator? Yrs, d |
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