What's your Voltage reading?

[nightmare16v1988@hotmail.com (Krazy Horse)]

did you install a new radio recently? i had the same problem, turned out my 
Amp was draining the juice. of course there are lots of other things that 
could do it, but this one was what did it for me.



-Craig
"Nightmare" '88 16v (soon to be T60!!)
"Calypso" '91 Golf GL (Daily Driver)

>From: Jeffrey Lowe <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco-L <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
>Subject: What's your Voltage reading?
>Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:27:49 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I've been having battery charging issues. My
>alternator was spitting out 11.8v at the starter, I
>cleaned the contacts and got 14v sometimes, and 12.2v
>at other times. This has all been driving me nuts
>since my practically new battery did not want to hold
>a charge. If I left the car sit for a couple of days I
>sometimes had to jump start it. I think by driving it
>everyday I would get just enough of a trickle charge
>to keep me running, but 1 day of sitting too many and
>I would be back to jump start time.
>
>I said screw it and went to Autozone and got a rebuilt
>alternator and new cables and now see 13v solid. Is
>this good? What's the typical reading?
>
>I guess I'll see how things go the next couple days.
>If I'm still having problems then I'll have to go
>through the PIA task of tracking down a drain culprit.
>
>Later...
>
>=====
>Jeff Lowe
>Garland, Texas
>'59 Euro Spec Beetle (Waiting it's turn for resto)
>'64 Type-34 Karmann Ghia (Got parts?)
>'86 Scirocco 16V
>'98 Ford Explorer XLT 4X4
>
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