[Vwdiesel] Cont'd Electrical gremlins - bad ground?

[Harmon Seaver]

On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 09:35:10PM -0500, Lee Hillsgrove wrote:
>  I maintain that a good battery that has been sitting overnight will read
> 12V. Don't forget the reduced capacity of a lead-acid battery that has been
> exposed to cold conditions and the problems that that will cause.
>

  I'd not dream of going into Winter with a battery that only read 12v in the
morning. In fact, I've got one in a vehicle that reads 12.55 that I'm thinking
of replacing. It's only 3 years into a 5 year warrantee, but got totally
dischaged once when I drove into a beaver pond and shorted it out.
   I'll see when it gets really cold -- first sign of slow cranking
and it's gone. If I have the cash at that moment, at least. 8*)





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