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[A_redstone]

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Bought cigarette lighter volt meter ( which I accept may not be entirely accurate)

today we went out and all was perfect, 

volts on idle 13

volts driving 13.8

volts driving with lights on and wipers 13.3

volts with engine off 12.8 / 12.9

 

yet to check on actual battery volt gauge 

quite handy to have the volt gauge in dash to see what the current is ...

 

andy

 

 

[Jonathan Kay]

Could you add the voltage at 3,000 rpm and the minimum during cranking?

Jonathan

[A_redstone]

Hello 

got my new voltage meter and it was very close to the one in the dash 

mot looked very similar at 14.28 at both 3000 and cranking .....

 

andy

[Jonathan Kay]

I don't think there's anything wrong with the charging system. Are you going to change the battery?

(If it's leaked I'd wash down the tray and everything below with lots of water, and scrub off any white crud. Some people like to use sodium bicarbonate to neutralise the acid, but I can't see the point.)

14.28 V during cranking would be unusual... how quickly does that meter respond?

Can't explain the erratic voltage that was seen, unless it was a bad connection that you've now fixed.

Jonathan

[A_redstone]

Thanks - maybe it is resolved and I have my new safety device to carry with me now in case of emergency !

i will do some more tests at the weekend an report back !