Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 00:27:32 -0700 From: TimeRangernopsam.com Subject: Re: electrical short in '82 900?
On 23 Jun 2000 21:11:11 GMT, sha3unopsaminia.eduKILLSPAM (Scott Andrews) wrote: >TimeRangernopsam.com wrote: > >: How long has it been since you cleaned the battery terminals? And > >a couple weeks. > >: more importantly - cleaned the battery to frame/motor connection? DC > >this has not been done recently. > >: 2nd: It is possible that you have a dead >: cell in the battery, bad voltage regulator, or bad alternator. > >the first one i would agree, but the last two should affect the >recharging ability of the car while driving, and not the ability >to hold a battery charge more than a week with virtually no >driving. right? A bad diode in either could allow a current drain. Although, when an alternator blows a diode, it usually stop charging altogether.