RE: electric problem

[Jon Ovington]

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It wouldn't hurt to get a mules/volt metre and actually take a look at what kind of power you have, check you have around 13v at the alternator, see if there is a large drop at the battery when cranking ect, otherwise with something like this its too much of a guess when the problem could be obvious using a metre. Regards, Jon Ovington DatNet - Online Nissan-Datsun Resource Website: http://www.datnet.org Contact Us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of David Costello Sent: Saturday, 1 February 2003 8:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: electric problem wish it was that simple the battery's brand new and I tried the battery outa my RX7 which I know is fine and it didn't start it   Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: damien cm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 7:02 PM Subject: Re: electric problem Ummmm....it would be safe to assume that your battery is 'see you later'. >From: "David Costello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: electric problem >Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 14:42:37 +1000 > >having a bit of a problem with my new daily driver...120Y Panel Van >when I went to start it this morning I turned the key to acessories, all the dash lights came on, then when I turned the key to start the motor there was nothing, no noise or anything but all the dash lights went out till I released the key. >I figured flat battery. the battery has this little coloured light on it that is supposed to tell you how charged it is. The light was bright green indicating 100% charge, but I thought what the hell I'll put it on charge for a few hours anyway. charged it for about 4 hours, battery still indicating 100% charge I threw it back in. Same thing, nothing happens just lights go out till I release the key. I roll started it down the driveway and went for a cruise...while I was sitting at a set of lights I noticed the face on the cd player going really dim, then when I gave it a rev it lit up bright again. So I figured maybe the alternator. with the car running I took the battery leads off and it kept running...so the alternators charging. > >any ideas guys? > >Dave > >--membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- >OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- >Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >No unauthorised redistribution of this email >http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm >http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html >http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ >--------------------------------------------------------------------- MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------