89 200q Voltage Drop at battery

[Peter Golledge]

I'd bet on the splice.  Measure the voltage difference from battery post
to starter when starting... pretty sure you will find a significant
drop.

On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 21:56, Mike Robinson wrote:
> So I am trying to figure this out and I think I have it solved.
> I am seeing nearly 14 volts at the jumper terminal, but less than 13
> (between 12.5 to 12.9) at the battery.  The battery seems to possibly losing
> some charge with the car off, but I am not sure about that.  I have read
> through the archives that it could be a bad connection under the passenger
> seat where the alternator side wire is spliced with the battery wire.
> If I run the AC while the car is on, the car is lucky to start.
>
> Does it sound like I need to repair that splicing?
>
> TIA
>
> Mike Robinson
> 88 90q
> 89 200tq