Disconnect neg cable (after a short charge) the connect voltmeter between neg post & ground (with eng off). Any reading on meter is battery leakage. Possibly a cracked case or just really dirty (not necessary to see). On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Gary Wilson <gwwilson70@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Do not pull the cable from the post. A good way to damage something.. > While running. You could get a lively spark from the battery from pulling > the cable. If you happen to have gas fumes . (boom) Not likely but it has > happened. Get your self a load tester. Parts stores have them. Also they > have instructions . Testers are pretty self explaining. You can tell if > battery is bad. If alternator is charging correctly. . One other way to > tell if alt is bad is with key off take a screw driver and place it on very > back of alt and see if it has any pull. Like magnet. If fairly strong pull > alt should be good. Weak or no pull alt is bad. You can also full field > the alternator. The other way is take to alt and regualtor of and take them > to parts store that will test them for free. > > On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 3:38 PM, N. L. Devotie > <noble_leslie_devotie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> I have an aftermarket voltage gauge that has already read on the order of >> 14 volts. Last week it started reading 11. Today, I had a dead battery. >> How can tell which of the components in this path are bad? I'm guessing I >> have, as possible points of failure, the alternator, voltage regulator, some >> mysterious wiring issue, something else. Could a bad battery cause this? >> What steps should I take to narrow things down? Any advice appreciated. >> >> -- >> -- >> -- >> Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- >> directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and >> negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended >> recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using >> the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. This practice will >> protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine-tune the >> content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! >> >> 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: >> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and >> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. >> http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. >> >> >> > > > > > -- > Gwwilson > > -- > -- > -- > Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- > directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and > negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended > recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using > the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. This practice will > protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine-tune the > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. > http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. > > > -- -- -- Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine-tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en.