Wow, this must be the cleanest technique I've ever seen....
Very good! Hopefully I can tuck this away in my brain in case I ever
need it.
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Shawn Price wrote:
Jerry,
Here's where the fun begins... Are you sure the battery is charging?
After you jump-start it, does show that you've got positive amps, or
more than 13 volts?(assuming you have guages) Sometimes you need to
charge the battery on low amperage for over 24 hours to really deeply
recharge the battery. The alternator can really only keep up with
normal accessory load and isn't made to re-charge a nearly dead
battery.
If you're sure the charging system is ok, then try this test.
Disconnect the negative battery cable and put a test light in series
with it and the battery. If the light comes on, you know for sure
you've got a drain somewhere. To find out where the drain is you need
to look at it circuit-by-circuit. So you can remove fuses and run the
'drain test' until you find it. You might want to look at things like
the glove box light, and the ignition system, horn relays (if your
horns aren't working) those would be the kinds of things that you
wouldn't see as being active when the car is off. Also anything that
"isn' t working' electrically should be suspect.
Another thought that might help find the area of the problem a bit
quicker, remove the bulkhead connector at the firewall and do the
'test light load test' again and if there is no light, then you know
that the problem is somewhere on the backside of the firewall.
Hope this helps.
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On Aug 20, 2005, at 5:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a '70 LS5 and am
having battery problems.
I will drive the car on weekends and
put it under cover Sunday night and then the next Saturday morning the
battery is dead. This past week I started it up on Wednesday without
a problem. Went out this Saturday afternoon and their was not enough
battery strength to turn the engine. Clock was still running and the
dome light was very weak.
Over the past month I have installed a
new battery, alternator and voltage regular. Put new correct cables
on it two years ago.
Any thoughts what is causing this
battery drain?
Thanks,
Jerry Wells
ACES 5923
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