Electricity completely out
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Battery Corrosion Stopping Electricity?
Thanks for now, I have now got the test lamp, this is late, dark and cold in Bergen , so tomorrow morning will start with the tests:) you will hear what the outcome was.cn2000 wrote:Forget the gauge on your battery charger. In my experience seldom do they actually work properly, and you it may be an ammeter and not a volt meter. A multimeter is great if you know how to use it (ie: set range, configure test leads, ect.) but buy a test light for basic troubleshooting- the bulb draws an amp or two and will better show you a voltage drop across a bad connection, whereas a meter can still read battery voltage if so much as one strand of a wire is intact, because it draws so little current. You can keep it in the car and wont regret the purchase.
Hi there, fixed it finally. There was two issues : the mass wire connection to the car body was corroded badly. did not let through the electricity. I cleaned it properly. on top of that battery was badly worn out as well - namely, when I recharged it, the amp gauge showed full power and I assumed that so it is. But actually right after connecting it to the car it used up all the power in coupler of seconds- by the time I got into the car there was no signs of life. When I switched the ignition to position II the power went in 2 seconds or so. Now I got new battery and of course it worked immediately fine. Thanks everyone for support:)lvrisk wrote:cn2000 wrote: but buy a test light for basic troubleshooting- the bulb draws an amp or two and will better show you a voltage drop across a bad connection, whereas a meter can still read battery voltage if so much as one strand of a wire is intact, because it draws so little current. You can keep it in the car and wont regret the purchase.
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