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Charging problem
At 09:06 AM 10/15/2003, Julie Macfarlane wrote:
>My battery will not charge correctly. I drive a few miles and it
>discharges an 800 CCA battery.
>I found that the reverce lights were wired in backwards allowing the
>lights to be on in forward.
>Must have confused any one following me :)
>
>Would this current drain do it?
Stranger things have happened... but if you have a 55A alternator, those
would need to be some big ass bulbs to sap that kind of power.
My famous trick? Start the car, unplug the battery. If it dies, the
alternator isn't charging. I have been advised that doing this could
potentially damage your charging system, but I've never seen it happen and
no one has ever offered an explanation... That said, do it at your own
risk, but a few seconds won't harm anything IMO.
Jay
>Julie Macfarlane
>Menlo Park Research & Development
>Internet Application Developer
>www.menloparkrandd.com
>www.montgomeryweb.org
>Amsterdam NY
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