galaxy
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Welp, so this is a first for me. First time she let me down and stranded. And it came uber surprisingly quick too...IDK.
Been sitting for about two weeks, but plugged in on the charger (green light) the entire time. I am religious about plugging in the battery, no matter low long or short it sits.
Was out running some errands to day. Car driving 100% normal. Completely great. First stop, the restart was juuusssttt barely enough to garner a slight look and a "what was that?". But nothing more. All normal and off I went. Second stop, for lunch. Come out, no dice. Cranked and cranked, but cranking rapidly slowed down and thus no start.
Pulled out the AntiGravity microstart and she jumped right off, zero issues, no long cranking, no delay. Completely normal start. But here's what I want to inquire about because I darn near never monitor my voltage, thus IDK.
I took the long way home, about a 40 min drive with a mix of town and freeway. This time monitoring voltage. Here's the overall of what I observed during the drive;
> Normal steady state driving voltage 12.8 +- .2. Note, RPM had zero bearing on voltage.
> Decelerating from any speed, voltage up into the 14's.
> Idle voltage 12.2
Here's what I thought was weird...throughout the entire drive of mixed condtions, I could change the voltage between the three stated conditions with the throttle at will. Let off the gas, voltage up in the 14's. Touch the gas, back down to high 12's. Idle, 12.2 religiously.
The only outlier was, once I got home, idle was 12.2. Turned on max AC, idle went up to 13.1. Turned off AC, idle dropped to 12.6 and stayed there rock solid. Never went back down to the 12.2.
Let the car sit for 20 minutes and restart. The restart was probably a 90% normal crank/start. Voltage was immediately at 13.5 for 20-30 seconds or better, and then right back down to 12.2.
Any thoughts?
Oh yeah, throughout today and throughout all time previously...completely normal car. No lights, no other electrical symptoms, no bugs, no gremlins, nada.
Been sitting for about two weeks, but plugged in on the charger (green light) the entire time. I am religious about plugging in the battery, no matter low long or short it sits.
Was out running some errands to day. Car driving 100% normal. Completely great. First stop, the restart was juuusssttt barely enough to garner a slight look and a "what was that?". But nothing more. All normal and off I went. Second stop, for lunch. Come out, no dice. Cranked and cranked, but cranking rapidly slowed down and thus no start.
Pulled out the AntiGravity microstart and she jumped right off, zero issues, no long cranking, no delay. Completely normal start. But here's what I want to inquire about because I darn near never monitor my voltage, thus IDK.
I took the long way home, about a 40 min drive with a mix of town and freeway. This time monitoring voltage. Here's the overall of what I observed during the drive;
> Normal steady state driving voltage 12.8 +- .2. Note, RPM had zero bearing on voltage.
> Decelerating from any speed, voltage up into the 14's.
> Idle voltage 12.2
Here's what I thought was weird...throughout the entire drive of mixed condtions, I could change the voltage between the three stated conditions with the throttle at will. Let off the gas, voltage up in the 14's. Touch the gas, back down to high 12's. Idle, 12.2 religiously.
The only outlier was, once I got home, idle was 12.2. Turned on max AC, idle went up to 13.1. Turned off AC, idle dropped to 12.6 and stayed there rock solid. Never went back down to the 12.2.
Let the car sit for 20 minutes and restart. The restart was probably a 90% normal crank/start. Voltage was immediately at 13.5 for 20-30 seconds or better, and then right back down to 12.2.
Any thoughts?
Oh yeah, throughout today and throughout all time previously...completely normal car. No lights, no other electrical symptoms, no bugs, no gremlins, nada.
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