Trying to charge battery acts like dead short...
So I went out to start my 99 TB and it's dead as a door-nail. First my key was stuck in the ignition (this is annoyingly stupid)... Anyway, went to hook up the charger, positive first... as I began to touch the negative post, the meter on my charger was jumping all over the place and sort of buzzing. I disconnected immediately. Checked connections and tried again, this time just barely touched the negative post; same thing. How do I trace this down? Oh, At least I did get my key out!
Is it possible that the grounding I recently did on the rear defroster is causing this? Gotta go help the kids move, we'll look into things later; just wanted to throw this out there and get some preliminary thoughts. Thanks! |
Disconnected old battery and am charging it now; seems to be going fine. Will search threads on diagnosing battery drain... Yipee! Will also look at the recent "fix" on rear defroster. Got a new battery waiting, but hate to stick it in there until I do some checking around... the way the charger initially acted was just too weird!
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I saw in another post where Lanny81 asked if either of the battery posts were disconnected before charging.. This is new to me, can someone elaborate on this? I did not do this at first... did I fry something doing this?
https://blazerforum.com/forum/2nd-ge...97/#post644490 |
Follow up with more questions
Battery charged and ready first thing this morning. I put my meter on it and it was 12. something volts, but they were dropping pretty quickly, (still not hooked up to TB). Once reconnected to vehicle I found the 4-ways had been turned on & left on... completely draining the battery. I have no idea how old the battery is, but my meter also allows a load test and it shows the battery as good.
So isn't this a conflicting message- dropping volts unhooked from vehicle and load test shows okay? The last thing I did was take a reading off the battery vehicle with the off, it was 12. something volts. After starting the vehicle it read 14.something volts. Does this "test" properly indicate the alternator is working? |
if the voltage is dropping and the battery is out of the vehicle ... battery is garbage
The battery is just taking a surface charge the only true way to load test a battery is with an old school carbon pile tester IMO Chances are dealing with the key stuck in the ignition is when the 4ways got turned on |
Originally Posted by rexazz2
(Post 645057)
if the voltage is dropping and the battery is out of the vehicle ... battery is garbage
The battery is just taking a surface charge the only true way to load test a battery is with an old school carbon pile tester IMO Chances are dealing with the key stuck in the ignition is when the 4ways got turned on I am curious to hear more about disconnecting a terminal before charging; is this required on TB's? |
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