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Re: [TR] Electrical diagnosis: Update

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Subject: Re: [TR] Electrical diagnosis: Update
From: John Herrera <jrherrera90@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:32:42 -0400
> Both batteries show 12V, which suggests to me that the TR's battery is not
> faulty. This leads me to start thinking that wherever the bad connection
> is, corrected itself a couple of times, coincidentally when I fitted the
> Volvo battery.


A battery can read 12V with no load on it and still be faulty. Meaning that it
can't provide enough current when needed to power the load.



Or you connections might be intermittant like you state. But I would try a new
battery or get the old one load-tested.



John H.

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