Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 15:02:05 GMT From: "Fred W." <arpicnopsammail.com> wrote in message news:oosjbvopr1jii1kuh7gqeedqbutv0b6oopnopsamcom... > i do not know how accurate the voltmeter is in the edu (Saab 9000S > 1992) but the voltage displayed immediately after starting is about > 9.2 to 9.4. Isn't this very low? > No, this is how that function works. If the display is left on the voltage function it will latch the lowest voltage that occurs when the car is being cranked over. This is a good measure of the relative health of your battery. You will notice that, once the car starts, if you cycle thru the the displays and come around back to the voltage that it will then show the realtime display which should be around 13.8 volts. -Fred