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Re: Normal Battery Meter Behavior ??

Posted By:	Tim
Posted On:	April 26, 2003 at 11:51 pm GMST

Shorts can do that too if they are consitant, and not taken care of. Also, check your ground points and our positive batter connector you may look into getting a new positive batter cable connector just in case, the gold ones are jsut for looks, just stick with brass and lead.

Evan wrote:

> lol ya mine does/did that too.
> ....but the alternator had rec
> ently been replaced by the pre
> vious owner.....I dunno what i
> t is if its not the alternator
> .
>
>
> Anthony S. wrote:
>
> > I was just wondering. Ive ha
> d
> > my 84 Celica GT for over 8 Y
> ea
> > rs and it always done this.
> Is
> > this normal or is there a pr
> o
> > b ?
> > When using the turn signal t
> he
> > battery meter moves with the
> > ticks. The light blinks, the
> n
> > eedle drops a bit (just unde
> r
> > "12") then pops back when th
> e
> > light turns off. Same with h
> ea
> > dlights, The meter is around
> 1
> > 3 till I hit the healights t
> he
> > n its on the 12. For some r
> ea
> > son I belive it does this LE
> SS
> > when its cold outside. Is t
> h
> > is normal ? Thanks for ANY i
> nf
> > o.

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Message:	Tim wrote: > Shorts can do that too if they > are consitant, and not taken > care of. Also, check your grou > nd points and our positive bat > ter connector you may look int > o getting a new positive batte > r cable connector just in case > , the gold ones are jsut for l > ooks, just stick with brass an > d lead. > > > Evan wrote: > > > lol ya mine does/did that to > o. > > ....but the alternator had r > ec > > ently been replaced by the p > re > > vious owner.....I dunno what > i > > t is if its not the alternat > or > > . > > > > > > Anthony S. wrote: > > > > > I was just wondering. Ive > ha > > d > > > my 84 Celica GT for over 8 > Y > > ea > > > rs and it always done this > . > > Is > > > this normal or is there a > pr > > o > > > b ? > > > When using the turn signal > t > > he > > > battery meter moves with t > he > > > ticks. The light blinks, t > he > > n > > > eedle drops a bit (just un > de > > r > > > "12") then pops back when > th > > e > > > light turns off. Same with > h > > ea > > > dlights, The meter is arou > nd > > 1 > > > 3 till I hit the healights > t > > he > > > n its on the 12. For some > r > > ea > > > son I belive it does this > LE > > SS > > > when its cold outside. Is > t > > h > > > is normal ? Thanks for ANY > i > > nf > > > o.
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