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    what voltage is your alternator giving you?

    it is no fun and takes much time to find a little drain somewhere. easier to pull the earth, or better the battery if suspicious when there is periods of no use.
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    what voltage is your alternator giving you?

    if I am not using the car for any period longer than a few days, I chuck the smart charger on. Everything still connected, I like the ctek. need good healthy batteries for remote. If longer than a month, for sure, I pull the earth cable. And ctek.
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    what voltage is your alternator giving you?

    2 months is long enough for a battery to go flat if you have the slightest little drain somewhere, maybe your clock.
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    what voltage is your alternator giving you?

    Excellent! Your a/c draws very little, amazingly so. I still get the impression that to ensure that sulphur does not grow on the plates it needs to have periods of over 14v at least, whilst 13.6v is ideal float. You are right about the test meter being inaccurate, it measured the new on sale...
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    what voltage is your alternator giving you?

    yep, I wouldn't say it is accurate, but the cactus one...certainly reads as low cca and it does not crank. The century one cranks but has less gusto . Have survived without the tester for awhile before, there are few things one really needs.
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    what voltage is your alternator giving you?

    after ctek recondition cycle it was too high a voltage for the tester to work something like 15v, I had to drain it with a light globe to about 13v. Cold crank is still cactus and resistance a bit higher. Top end of charge is plenty, so even if you measure the top end of voltage you do not...
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    what voltage is your alternator giving you?

    What diode did you use? Pic please? Good stuff.
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    what voltage is your alternator giving you?

    And here is a known bad battery, same age as the century, sold and priced as a premium which is bs. I hate when they use nylon string as the handle as the string rots and the battery becomes a bugger to remove from the engine bay, bad design. No sign of battery swelling, which is a dead give...
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    what voltage is your alternator giving you?

    take note slightly lower internal resistance which is good, the reconditioning slightly cooks and cleans the sulphur off the plates from my understanding. Be hard to expect any alternator to always do this.
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    what voltage is your alternator giving you?

    yep, sometimes I find myself worrying about little changes in the numbers when I change over something. As long as your battery holds at or over 12.6v, have cold crank, charges whilst running with accessories and not discharging below 12.6v, generally you are ok. Preferably over 13v and under...
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    what voltage is your alternator giving you?

    Whilst we are here about charging batteries. I just got this a few months back $60aud on ebay, pretty good.
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    what voltage is your alternator giving you?

    geez really good input here! diode trick is a good tip, but commits to a certain battery.. I use my ctek when I get back to civilization regardless to try to maximize battery life. The ctek manual explains the charge cycle and why.
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    what voltage is your alternator giving you?

    I am no expert but take great interest of charge from alternator and battery condition, otherwise it would be a mega pita the place I go. '03 is fairly newish to me. Perhaps your brushes are worn depending on how many miles you have done. I have replaced brushes in a 1984 merc before which...
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