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Old 05-13-2014, 03:44 PM   #19
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Smile Re: Battery being drained

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Originally Posted by Sambar56 View Post
Alright so I did as you suggested except with the truck off and I got a negative 10.5. When I tried it with the truck on the multimeter went crazy
One item: you said, "and I got a negative 10.5". That indicates you have polarity reversed--swap your pos and neg leads* to read positive 10.5 v. Reading 10.5 volts indicates a partly-discharged battery: a charged battery should read 12 volts or above. **If you definitely have leads connected correctly, then some multimeters have a switch you can flip to reverse polarity.
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