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> From: Daryl and Jennifer May <mayfam@sprynet.com>
> To: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
> Cc: spridghets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: charge!
> Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 7:48 AM
>
> Jeff,
>
> If you disconnect your battery from the car, and apply the charger, and
you
> find it draws current indefinitely (e.g., more than 2 amps after a day or
> so), then I think you have proved that the battery is dead.
>
> Having gotten 11 years out of the thing, I think you can probably claim a
> record, puff out your chest, and see if you can get a free replacement
from
> the manufacturer in exchange for advertising!
>
> Daryl
>
>
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> > From: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
> > To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> > Subject: charge!
> > Date: Sunday, September 20, 1998 5:59 AM
> >
> > My charging system may have packed it in, too. The battery seemed to
not
> be
> > holding a charge for the last month. I was putting it on a 6 amp
trickle
> > charger on the weekends until I could get out from under my next
deadline
> > (last one of the year, hurray!). On this charger, as the batter
charges,
> > the amp meter drops from 5 (for instance) to down around 1. Yesterday,
> even
> > with a 4 hour charge, the car would not start. I jumped it off my
wife's
> > car and went for a drive (at night, of course. Can't be too smart about
> > this stuff). The lights dimmed a lot (much more than they used too) at
> > idle. Also, the rpms had to be much higher before the charging light
> would
> > go out. Upon returning, I disconnected the battery from the car and
> > connected it to the charger again. The amp meter started at around 2
and
> > then went UP! This morning it was at 5. I've never seen this before. Is
> all
> > of this just a dead battery? It's a 5-year battery on it's eleventh
> year...
> >
> > Is there a website that goes into charging system diagnosis? The Haynes
> > manual just says to take the car to a specialist at a service center.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> > Editor-in-Chief, Molecular Vision
> > http://www.emory.edu/molvis
> > "Seeing the Future in a Very Tiny Way"
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