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| brcacti |
 Oct 19 2019, 11:13 AM
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1974 914 1.8  Group: Members Posts: 674 Joined: 17-July 19 From: PHX AZ 60 miles south Member No.: 23,302 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
Hello, I got out my battery tester my dad left me, (he was a car guy), I am a botanist and natural healer, never looked at it, used it but today I tested my 914 battery and it read less than 12 volts, about 11.8 or 11.9. Car would not start. I put it on 20 cca and it read 400 out of 520 I had it set for. On battery test it was in the red replace, not real far down but significant. The date on the battery said 10/13, I guess it is 6 years old. I will bring it to wal mart and have them test it also and buy a new one, do you all agree it is bad with those test results?
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| brcacti |
Oct 19 2019, 11:34 AM
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1974 914 1.8 Group: Members Posts: 674 Joined: 17-July 19 From: PHX AZ 60 miles south Member No.: 23,302 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Did not crank was fine a couple of days ago. Appears to be 6 years old, the age and reading less than 12 volts even when connected to battery posts, not connectors plus it was in the red replace zone. I am FAR from an expert but would bet it is bad.
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| Spoke |
Oct 19 2019, 02:21 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,979 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None 
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QUOTE(brcacti @ Oct 19 2019, 01:34 PM)  Appears to be 6 years old, Way beyond it's service life. Get a new battery. Batteries can dump in a moment. Good today..Won't start 10 minutes later. |
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| fiacra |
Oct 19 2019, 03:22 PM
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Person.Woman.Man.Camera.TV Group: Members Posts: 329 Joined: 1-March 19 From: East Bay Region - California Member No.: 22,920 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(Spoke @ Oct 19 2019, 01:21 PM) QUOTE(brcacti @ Oct 19 2019, 01:34 PM) Appears to be 6 years old, Way beyond it's service life. Get a new battery. Batteries can dump in a moment. Good today..Won't start 10 minutes later. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Given what you describe, and the voltage you are getting when you test it, this is a dead battery. As almost all of us can attest, the choice of batteries is important. Lots of opinions on what to buy, but I don't think anybody would argue with a sealed battery. You can find good discussions about this, but here is one thread http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act...=2&t=323517 |
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brcacti tested my battery what do you think? Oct 19 2019, 11:13 AM
brcacti I meant 520 cca Oct 19 2019, 11:14 AM Rand "Would not start" doesn't help. Did ... Oct 19 2019, 11:20 AM Tdskip That is low, should be 12+ but may just need a cha... Oct 19 2019, 11:23 AM
StarBear
Appears to be 6 years old,
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