Re: Electrical problems, need help (archive)

Sounds like a classic case of bad ground. The various devices are providing a poor path to ground and when they are turned on, more power is needed but the voltage is divided rather than shared. Check the major ground paths. Put a volt meter on the negative post of the battery and the other lead of the meter on the engine, then the chassis. If you measure anything you have bad ground.
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ok heres the problem, the other day, i my battery died on me, so i charged it up and there was no reaction. so i took it to sears and got a free replacement because my battery was only 8 months old. so i hook up the new one and it all works fine. however about 2 days later i start having a problem where if i have about 3 electrical items on my radio looses power. i found this out by comming home with my lights on, hit my turn signal, and the brakes and the radio shuts off. so i thought maybe there was a short somewhere in there. but i tested a bunch of ways and it didt it for 3 any 3 electrical things. anyways, i go to move my car in the garage and its dead. so my dad and i both think that my amplifier had a short in the wire, so we disconnect it until we can get to best buy, and then we continued on to charge the battery again. it charged this time but from me traveling a short distance from my home to the gas station and back, it did it all again. this time with the amplifier detached. this is really bugging me and i have no car to drive now. does anyone know whats going on? please help

Thanx
Jimmy03
73 colorado
aka pumpkin

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