battery keeps dying

by **Gago** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:07 pm

alright I have no Idea whats going on just replaced my battery w/ a new one yesterday and today I tried to start my car no power have to jumpstart it twice....What do you guys think the problem is??? maybe a new alternator??? it's about 7 degrees here right now and I know it has some effect on batteries but I just put a new one yesterday how could it possibly die out within one day help

by **Mole** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:13 pm

are you leaving a light on somewhere?

suppposedly alternators are good for 100 years, but you never know.

by **FLASH** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 5:19 am

very possible that it's your alternator.

by **Jai_Jai_Binks** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:52 am

when the likewise happened to me, i assumed it was the battery, then the alternator, in the end, it was the endlinks that connect to the battery - they were just worn out. I replaced them at autozone for 6 bucks. they weren't exactly OEM (didn't look facfory too), but what they had worked fine and the positive cover side still fitted (not flush) like before but still fitted! again, maybe something is draining your battery or your leaving your lights on???

by **lilm** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:40 am

same thing happend to my friend...her alternator was gone....

by **Rudy** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 11:48 am

did you get your charging system checked when you replaced your battery?

by **Gago** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:56 pm

Rudy wrote:did you get your charging system checked when you replaced your battery?

nope just replaced new terminals of the battery today hopefully that would work...before this happen I put a new amp and subwoofer the next day after it was installed the battery died I bought a new battery but I didn't hooked up the positive terminal for the amp making it disconnected but after a few hours the new battery died too...how much do you guys think for a new alternator plus installation???

by **Jai_Jai_Binks** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:02 pm

Rather than buying a new battery, and/or end cables, did you make a stop at autozone, they check battery alternator and let you know what is wrong for free...you could have used the batter+new terminals for alternator (if that was the source of your problems).

by **impactX** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:33 am

Just get a voltmeter. Start the car, and measure the voltage on the battery, if it's below 13, your alternator is the problem. When you turn off the car, measure the voltage across the terminals again, if it drops below 13V immediately, your battery isn't charging.

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