[Healeys] battery draining or not holding charge

[warthodson at aol.com]

If the battery is new, then it is not the battery's fault. Besides the
regulator &/or the generator being prime suspects you might also check the
connections at the battery, the disconnect switch including the correct
functioning of the switch & white/black grounding wire, the engine ground
strap. Did you reverse the polarity so that you could use a GPS & make other
modifications which might be contributing the the charging problems.
Gary



-----Original Message-----
From: Randey Brophy <randey_brophy at telus.net>
To: healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sun, Oct 2, 2011 11:56 pm
Subject: [Healeys] battery draining or not holding charge


I have a 1965 fully restored BJ8    I replaced the battery recently and
fter 3 weeks  of running fine the  new battery is now not holding a charge.
 have nothing in the car that would drain the battery-no radio etc- except
or a Viper GPS, which everyone tells me shouldn't tax the battery. The
iper periodically reports battery low while I'm traveling in the car and
oday the car wouldn't start after a fill up and needed a few attempts at a
ump start before it would turn over. Cruising back to town at 70-85 MPH the
verdrive stopped working for a bit car automatically went our of overdrive
nd wouldn't go back in,then the ignition light came on indicating the
attery's not charging; after awhile the ignition light went out overdrive
orked again, but when I got home parked it and turned it off it wouldn't
tart again..Zilch after a 50 mile drive which should have recharged the
attery.  Please advise what's going on and what to do to fix this..thanks

Randey Brophy
1747 Trafalgar St
Vancouver BC
V6K3R9
C 604 928 1866
randey_brophy at telus.net
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