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Old 03-15-2010, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by FSETH View Post
Do the numbers fluctuate when you are testing at idle? If they are changing more than half a number or so, you are more than likely having an issue with your voltage regulator/alternator.
Good question. There is a little fluctuation, no more than 0.2V though. While driving, I'm seeing 13.4-13.6V.

What I don't understand is how it could start after sitting for a couple days, be driven 12 miles, sit for five hours and then not start.

Then, after being jumped, driven home another 12 miles, sit for a couple days and start again.

It doesn't make sense that this little bit of driving would adequately charge the battery, but what do I know!
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