Re: [DML] Battery Blues

["Vicky Miller" <delo1@xxxx>]

hello all / if you turned on the headlites and killed the motor your alt is
shot. you are welcome to contact me by email or at 919 383 6187 bob miller





-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Pike <iqintermedia@xxxx>
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, April 01, 2001 12:06 PM
Subject: [DML] Battery Blues


>Last week I posted a message about putting in my
>TankZilla and then having the voltage meter on tha
>dash read almost zero.... thinking there was a ground
>or the alternator went out.
>
>Today I went and restarted the car, ofcourse, my baby
>started right away, and sure enough, gauge was almost
>0 and dropping....
>
>For shits and grins I turned on the headlights and it
>killed the car....
>
>I went to RadioShack and picked up a
>battery/alternator tester...
>
>The battery reads 11 volts.. and according to the
>Radioshack docs (which are rather lame) means the
>battery is bad...
>
>since its reading 11 volts, can that mean the battery
>is just dead - or is the battery really bad?
>
>I will check the list first thing in the morning, but
>i am going to go buy a new battery most likey in the
>morning and try my luck.... a car with 4k miles
>shouldnt have a prob with the alternator, and all the
>belts are new.
>
>Mike
>Vin 855
>
>
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