Sorry guys,
I dont have any time to search around and i dont recall seeing tons of threads about this so hopefully it wont be an annoying repost, if it is. I apologoze.
I just ran out in the truck for about 10 min road time. I was sitting at a very long light with the radio(sub w/ amp) on but not very loud at all. I also had my blinker on. All the sudden my radio cuts out, i look at the dash all the lights are super dim, the heater wasnt blowing much at all and my wipers almost quick.
The battery light came on and the truck almost shut off. I popped it in N and revved it, everything came back.
I then shut the radio off and it was fine from there.
Got back home and sat there trying to play around with it. I noticed with the radio on but NOT very loud at all the headlights would dim and the voltage would drop slightly.
I have a capacitor so this is strange. With the radio on i then turn my hazards on. Headlights would dim everytime then lit up, even with the radio off. From there on, the more electrical stuff i turned on(aux light, cb, maplight....the worse it got.
So, is this just a simple dead or dieing battery? I popped the hood to see if my alternator belt was still on, everything looked good under the hood.
FWIW, the 80 has a small old diehard battery. Was planning on replacing soon.
Thanks.
Brandon
I dont have any time to search around and i dont recall seeing tons of threads about this so hopefully it wont be an annoying repost, if it is. I apologoze.
I just ran out in the truck for about 10 min road time. I was sitting at a very long light with the radio(sub w/ amp) on but not very loud at all. I also had my blinker on. All the sudden my radio cuts out, i look at the dash all the lights are super dim, the heater wasnt blowing much at all and my wipers almost quick.
The battery light came on and the truck almost shut off. I popped it in N and revved it, everything came back.
I then shut the radio off and it was fine from there.
Got back home and sat there trying to play around with it. I noticed with the radio on but NOT very loud at all the headlights would dim and the voltage would drop slightly.
I have a capacitor so this is strange. With the radio on i then turn my hazards on. Headlights would dim everytime then lit up, even with the radio off. From there on, the more electrical stuff i turned on(aux light, cb, maplight....the worse it got.
So, is this just a simple dead or dieing battery? I popped the hood to see if my alternator belt was still on, everything looked good under the hood.
FWIW, the 80 has a small old diehard battery. Was planning on replacing soon.
Thanks.
Brandon