Recent Posts New Posts Tools Board Menu
    Nissan4wheelers.com Forum    Nissan4wheelers.com Forum  Hop To Forum Categories  Electronic Avenue    I don't know where to start?
Go
New
Find
Notify
Tools
Reply
  
-star Rating Rate It!  Login/Join 
New Member
Posted
Hey! First post, first pathfinder. I just got a 94 auto pathfinder but it has a problem.
Ok, brand new battery, 11.56volts when not running, about 14v when running. It drives fine and everything electrical works. Stop the truck and 5 mins later it will have a real hard time starting like the batt is dead (slow slow turn over and dim/no headlights), then about 10mins later no go at all, nothing works like there is a dead batt... but the multimeter still reads it just under 12v. Put jumper's on it and away she goes no problems.
Any ideas on whats happening???

Nick
 
Posts: 3 | Registered: April 18, 2008Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Moderator


When Taste & Skill
Just Aren't Needed

NISSAN4WHEELER
Picture of TheDrip
Posted Hide Post
11.5v will BARELY start a vehicle at the best of times. Normal voltage for a car battery is 13-13.2v WITHOUT the car running. anything above 12.8 would be acceptable. It sounds like you have a dead cell. Time for a new battery.
 
Posts: 2985 | Location: Gainesville, FL | Registered: December 30, 2002Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
New Member
Posted Hide Post
Thank you, good to know. I probably bought a bad battery then. I'll toss it on the charger tonight and see if anything happens
 
Posts: 3 | Registered: April 18, 2008Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
N4W Card Holder

NISSAN4WHEELER
Picture of Reserector
Posted Hide Post
A battery at rest should be 12.6 volts.
Check your connections. Dirty connections will cause the problems that you are describing.

It sounds like it is charging enough at 14volts, but you should turn on lights and accessories to see if it still charges at 13.5 volts or more.



It's a fine line between clever and stupid.
http://www.mississippi-mud.com/
 
Posts: 4003 | Location: Laurel, Mississippi | Registered: December 14, 2005Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
New Member
Posted Hide Post
Thanks for all the help guys. I took my 4 month old battery out of my Ford and threw her in. Works great now! Only problem is my ford now has no battery.
I'm taking the faulty one back tomorrow 'cause it's less then a month old
 
Posts: 3 | Registered: April 18, 2008Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Ultimate N4Wheeler
Picture of hillbille
Posted Hide Post
quote:
Originally posted by Npayne8:
Thank you, good to know. I probably bought a bad battery then. I'll toss it on the charger tonight and see if anything happens


Look for a "manufactured date" less than 2 months old- all new batteries will have this somewhere. Older than that and theyh start to sulfate.


.....................
"Climate change is no longer science. It's politics... Climate change is also about power. Power to control.... It's about who gets to decide: how much energy we will have... where that energy will come from... what it will cost... It's about simulations, scenarios and monsters conjured up by computer models that should never be used to chart government policy -- especially on matters that will profoundly affect our livelihoods, living standards, life spans and dreams of a better future.

"So hold onto your wallets, and hope you can hold onto your homes, cars and jobs. You're about to be put on a wild political roller coaster."

- Paul Driessen, TownHall.com ( the lies of global warming)>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zeGY8zbzc8
 
Posts: 7289 | Location: enron by the sea,ca | Registered: July 03, 2002Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
 Previous Topic | Next Topic powered by eve community  
 

    Nissan4wheelers.com Forum    Nissan4wheelers.com Forum  Hop To Forum Categories  Electronic Avenue    I don't know where to start?

© Nissan4wheelers.com 2002
Copying/Reproduction of any information or Photographs/Images Prohibited without prior written permission from the Administrator

N4W follows the Tread Lightly philisophy and asks that members do the same.
Let's keep our trails open!
For more information on Tread Lightly, visit their website!