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From: david1@mhuxl.UUCP (Rick Nelson)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Car Battery Problem?
Message-ID: <411@mhuxl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 08:48:55 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 20 08:48:55 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Dec-85 05:01:44 EST
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My 1983 Datsun MAXIMA's battery (30 months old, 26400 miles) has gone dead
twice within the past 3 weeks.  The car will readily start with a jump.  There
have been no warning signs that the battery was weak, no other problems
starting the car.  It is kept in a garage, so temperature is not a factor.
The battery is a sealed maintenance-free one so the cells cannot be checked.
After jumping it the first time, everything was fine until 3 weeks later when
it was dead again.  The car was run earlier in the day with no incident.  That
night I measured only 7.5V on the battery after it wouldn't start.  There is a
voltmeter on the dash rather than an idiot light.  It shows that the battery is
being charged OK.  I had the charging system checked anyway and it's OK.

Does this sound like a bad battery problem or something more subtle?
  
                                               Rick Nelson
                                               mhuxl!david1