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Howard
post Dec 12 2005, 11:54 PM
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A rare serious question from me. 73 914 2.0 FI. Pretty stock. Battery runs down, especially when lights are being used. Battery is good (Optima) and charges up to 13.7 volts. Reads that on my tester, which agrees with the in car ammeter. After starting, is slowly drops to just under 12v. Using the brake lights, turn signals, parking lights, back up light drops to 10v.
Wipers, emergency flasher, cig lighter cause no drop in reading. After turning off the lights, it only recovers to 12v, not the almost 14 I started with. Run with the lights on for 2 hours or so and car won't start. Quick charge or jump and I'm on my way, but battery will only recover after home recharging. WTF?

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