Also,

The day I waited for the tow I took readings from the battery of:

10.75VDC Starting Car (Terminals connected)
12.24VDC Car Off (Terminals connected)
12.45VDC Car Off (Terminals NOT connected)
14.71VDC Car Running (Terminals connected)

Thanks.

"Lawrence Glickman" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 04:55:12 GMT, "js5895" > wrote:
>
> >Hi
> >
> >Thanks for all the help. What I did was the next day the car was working
> >fine, I took it to advance auto parts
> >the guy said to clean the terminals, got a terminal cleaner and baking
soda,
> >parked the car, disconnected the negative terminal
> >brushed the negative connector and terminal used a tooth brush to remove
> >extra debris around the terminal,
> >the positive looked fine so I didn't touch it I reconnected the negative,
> >turned on the car and the car was still fine so I went to
> >the home depot to get plumbing parts (that's another story :]), came
home.
> >The next day the car wouldn't start, called the
> >tow service, while waiting for the tow I cleaned the terminals and tried
to
> >start it, after the fifth time the car started,
> >I let it idle for a few minutes so the alternator can maybe charge it a
> >little then started driving and then it was fine again, so I
> >went to the auto service. they tested the battery and charged it. They
told
> >me the battery was fine, electrical system looks
> >good, and the alt was fine, they think the alt is not charging the
battery
> >enough upon startup so that when I take off the car stops. so what
> >they said to do is turn the car on and rev it a bit before driving. So
I'm
> >just going to keep driving it until another problem
> >occurs and then replace the battery, if that doesn't work then the alt.
> >
> >Thanks for the feedback guys
>
> FYI
> Fully charged battery in perfect condition under no load = 12.6 volts
> Alternator running, voltage across battery terminals = 14 volts
>
> I would definitely put a FULL charge on that battery. Sulphiding of
> the plates could and will occur otherwise, causing an unnecessary
> premature demise of the poor creature.
>
> Lg
>