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Battery meter drop

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 7:03 pm
by eddiii
Today was driving, crusing with music and headlights on, then randomly looked at the volt meter, it was below half, normally it stands abit over half, but when i remember when i start the car it was above half, then i turn off music and lights off, if driving it just barely hit the middle, if just netural waitin at lights its abit below half, why is this happening? cause before i pump music+headlight on it was fine =_=

Re: Battery meter drop

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 8:27 am
by vipfto
my money on alt

Re: Battery meter drop

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 10:05 am
by I8A4RE
^^^ this

BUT, i would check with an actual multi-meter as the in-car volt meter's are sh*t, now. Maybe on the new fto's they work all right but I can tell you on my 94 it aint worth sh*t. that's why it is in the bottom of the bin

Re: Battery meter drop

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 1:16 pm
by BrendanT
I'd say alternator too. The exact same thing happened to me last month.

Re: Battery meter drop

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 8:01 pm
by eddiii
since its the alt, how long do u guys thinks i have left to actually change one? or i should change one asap?, anyone has spares or i should recon my one?

Re: Battery meter drop

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 8:41 pm
by vipfto
get a second hand one and change asap then get your one reco so you have good backup ;)

Re: Battery meter drop

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:38 pm
by eddiii
hmmmm, funny, my friend said its probably my battery FCUKED, cause now when i use headlight, blinkers, heater etc etc, it drops to like 9 on the volt, if nothing is on, it sits at like 11, im confused lol, cause i dont want to buy a new battery an its the alt, but anyway, i will tell pulse racing to check that for me too on my tues booking :)

Re: Battery meter drop

Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:26 pm
by vipfto
If alt is stuffed chances are your batt is rooted too