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Old 08-25-2009, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 70Sixter View Post
The battery was at 7.0 volts.
This seems to be the problem. I put my battery on a charger once a week. Takes 12 hours to charge. On a tester the battery indicates "weak" about 9 volts. WTF? It's either

- bad batteries (probably not)
- bad alternators (seen some comments pointing to that)
- electrical drainage when car is off (also seen comments)

I just came back from a trip between Washington DC and NYC and the battery was still low, so wasn't from not driving it much (a favorite dealer excuse).
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