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I hooked up the volt meter this morning to my battery... again this is a 2004 9-5 Aero with 38k miles on it. Slowish cranking, with car off dim lights and slow windows, and flickering headlights while driving.
Not Running: 11 V
Idling: ~15 V
Idling Under Load: ~15 V (needle dropped slightly)
Car off: 12 V, slowly dropped back to 11 V.
For idling under load I had the A/C on LO, wipers on high, highbeams on, and stereo blasting. The voltage with the car running seems to be okay, right? The fact that the battery is at 11 V seems low, but is it low enough to be a problem? This is a supposedly brand new battery from Saab.
I tried to see what the starter terminals looked like, but I couldn't find them. I'm assuming you need to get to them from under the car? Thanks a ton for any help!
Posts in this Thread:
- Voltmeter Results - Thoughts Please?, B Millar , Fri, 29 May 2009 09:50:37 <-- Viewing This Message
- And the true results!! wait for it...., B Millar , Fri, 29 May 2009 13:29:17
- charging ok. but bad batt., caukinh, Fri, 29 May 2009 12:23:30
- Agh., B Millar , Fri, 29 May 2009 10:45:54
- Re: Voltmeter Results - Thoughts Please?, AlS, Fri, 29 May 2009 10:36:15
- Bad battery...., LesH, Fri, 29 May 2009 10:27:43
- Bad cell..., Mike Lynch , Fri, 29 May 2009 09:59:49
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