Average Voltage
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Average Voltage
Wondering what everyone is running as far as average voltage. Been running 14.2 when it's cold out and 13.7 when it's warm.
Are these normal??
Are these normal??
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My GM mechanics tell me that anything above 14.4 will likely cook the alternator.
I just bought a used 04 Cad today that has been sitting for several months. I don't have time to sit there with a 10 amp charger. I might just have AAA tow it 40 miles to my house. Then I can charge batt.
Then I am shipping it to my son in Germany. I am not yet sure what he will do after it sits on the ship and in the shipping yards for a few weeks. I guess I will ask him if he can take a long European ext cord and a charger and sit there for 3 or 4 hours.
Car is under warranty, but I don't know the availability of parts in rural Germany.
Ed
I just bought a used 04 Cad today that has been sitting for several months. I don't have time to sit there with a 10 amp charger. I might just have AAA tow it 40 miles to my house. Then I can charge batt.
Then I am shipping it to my son in Germany. I am not yet sure what he will do after it sits on the ship and in the shipping yards for a few weeks. I guess I will ask him if he can take a long European ext cord and a charger and sit there for 3 or 4 hours.
Car is under warranty, but I don't know the availability of parts in rural Germany.
Ed
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Those figures look to be about average. High on start and dropping off.
My battery died on the transit to England. It was over two months from leaving to pick up at the port. The handling agents jump started it but the drain was too much for the battery. I found a Yellow Top supplier in England. You can get batteries from suppliers on the web in any parts off Europe. I'm as rural as it gets here in Lincolnshire
My GM mechanics tell me that anything above 14.4 will likely cook the alternator.
Then I am shipping it to my son in Germany. I am not yet sure what he will do after it sits on the ship and in the shipping yards for a few weeks. I guess I will ask him if he can take a long European ext cord and a charger and sit there for 3 or 4 hours.
Car is under warranty, but I don't know the availability of parts in rural Germany.
Ed
Then I am shipping it to my son in Germany. I am not yet sure what he will do after it sits on the ship and in the shipping yards for a few weeks. I guess I will ask him if he can take a long European ext cord and a charger and sit there for 3 or 4 hours.
Car is under warranty, but I don't know the availability of parts in rural Germany.
Ed
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Sounds like good numbers to me. 
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Those figures look to be about average. High on start and dropping off.
My battery died on the transit to England. It was over two months from leaving to pick up at the port. The handling agents jump started it but the drain was too much for the battery. I found a Yellow Top supplier in England. You can get batteries from suppliers on the web in any parts off Europe. I'm as rural as it gets here in Lincolnshire
My battery died on the transit to England. It was over two months from leaving to pick up at the port. The handling agents jump started it but the drain was too much for the battery. I found a Yellow Top supplier in England. You can get batteries from suppliers on the web in any parts off Europe. I'm as rural as it gets here in Lincolnshire
Ed
