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Old 01-02-2009, 01:32 PM
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Whats your battery voltage

I am trying to see if I have a battery drain or if I am going crazy. My voltage at the batteries after sitting for a couple day's is around 11.90 volts. Thats with 2 new batteries that I put on the battery tender before I installed them. My question is whats your voltage after a day or two??
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Old 01-02-2009, 01:38 PM
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11.9 is mine as well.
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Old 01-02-2009, 01:44 PM
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your always going to have a very small draw just because of all the electronic stuff i would do a draw test and see how much tho one of the techies should be able to tell you what the max draw for them is
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Old 01-02-2009, 01:44 PM
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11.9 isnt bad voltage , if it got down below 11.0 or less i would want to look into a problem
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11.9 isnt bad voltage , if it got down below 11.0 or less i would want to look into a problem
Is that what your batteries are? I always heard the battery was at good voltage above 12.50. My friends 99 7.3 sits at 12.75 all day everyday even when he doesnt use it for a couple days . 11.90 is good enough with new batteries? So maybe I dont have a draw.
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11.9 is mine as well.
Your in the same boat I am, NUTS
What makes you think you have a draw, is it the low voltage? Thats what made me think I have a problem. I would like to hear more people tell me what there voltage is, if its around 12.00 then I just put myself through a week of tracing wires for nothing
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Old 01-03-2009, 05:25 AM
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Is that what your batteries are? I always heard the battery was at good voltage above 12.50. My friends 99 7.3 sits at 12.75 all day everyday even when he doesnt use it for a couple days . 11.90 is good enough with new batteries? So maybe I dont have a draw.
mine sits for a month at a time and starts right up , so i never have seen the need to check it , i wouldnt sweat it until it seems it doesnt want to start
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Old 01-03-2009, 08:26 AM
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I think I have a draw becuase after a couple days its 11.9. After a couple more days its like 11.0 =/
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In The Cold North Here I have to Put My 2Amp Tricle Charger On It, If I park For more then 3 Days. The charger shows 5 Amp When I plug it In. For me I have A draw on My Batteries.
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mine sits at 11.9 as well, ive asked the question a couple of days ago as well, because i think i have a phantom draw, i glad to see you got answers, i couldnt get any, probably because of the holidays.
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