I was sitting at a longish red light, nothing new here, listening to the radio when all of a sudden, the radio "burps". I mean it was playing, went completely dead for about 1 second, came back to life and then did it again. Is this the beginning of the end for my battery?
I have no heavy excess loads, just a few minor add-ons; detector, pucks, voltmeter and not sure if it counts, but XP50 reverse lights (yeah I know, they are not on). After leaving that light and continuing on to the gas station (below low at this point), I looked at the charging voltage. It was about 15.2vdc while driving. At the gas station, after fueling, while driving away, it read 15.0vdc and then after parking at home a few miles later, the car was not running and read 12.3 vdc.
The 12.3vdc seems a bit low for two starts, radio and headlights after a 25 mile drive.
I also noticed some corrosion on the positive terminal that I need to take care of pronto as well. If I can I will test the battery with our (work) Midtronics Essential tester, but at this moment I do not know what the Siemens rating is for the stock battery. (At least I think it is stock). When I get a chance today, I will look at it and chime back in.
Any comments, suggestions, WTFWYT!'s
Time to get to work though, l8r!
I have no heavy excess loads, just a few minor add-ons; detector, pucks, voltmeter and not sure if it counts, but XP50 reverse lights (yeah I know, they are not on). After leaving that light and continuing on to the gas station (below low at this point), I looked at the charging voltage. It was about 15.2vdc while driving. At the gas station, after fueling, while driving away, it read 15.0vdc and then after parking at home a few miles later, the car was not running and read 12.3 vdc.
The 12.3vdc seems a bit low for two starts, radio and headlights after a 25 mile drive.
I also noticed some corrosion on the positive terminal that I need to take care of pronto as well. If I can I will test the battery with our (work) Midtronics Essential tester, but at this moment I do not know what the Siemens rating is for the stock battery. (At least I think it is stock). When I get a chance today, I will look at it and chime back in.
Any comments, suggestions, WTFWYT!'s
Time to get to work though, l8r!