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Re: Disconnecting Battery 1 hour doubles power..wh (archive)
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Posted by Niko on July 19, 2000 at 23:30:50:

In Reply to: Disconnecting Battery 1 hour doubles power..why? posted by Tom M on July 16, 2000 at 00:28:23:


87 m6 runs great right after the battery id disco'd. The computer resets then a week later it runs like doo doo.

Anyone know why? Its been happening a year or more and I'm really tired of it.

What should i look into?

I suggest you try another battery. When you disconnect you are running on the alternator
only. You probably have a shorted or partially shorted cell in the battery. You can find the bad
cell by pulling the caps off your battery and put the negative lead of a meter on thenegative post and place the positive lead in the nearest cells liquid (to the neg.post)then the next cell etc.etc.The voltage should keep increasing until its upto 12 Volts. If one cell doesn't increase
equally thats the bad cell if you have one. Good luck. Let me know how you solve this one please.
TIA

-tom




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