Alternator sounds fine. You might want to check either the battery
ground cable, or the positive wiring from the alternator to the battery
(I'm not authoritative on whether a 1/2 volt drop is to be expected on
that cable.)

On the other paw, you either have a live circuit draining your battery,
or a soon to be bad battery. The use of hygrometers to measure
batteries seems to be a dying fashion, what with sealed cells and all.
However, you may still be able to get one at your local FLAPS. Check
each cell with the hygrometer. Add distilled water if the cell fluid
level is low. If a cell is bad, you'll need to get a new battery.

On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 07:12 PM, Jeff Oxroad wrote:

> The battery after just being charged by sears this afternoon (who sold
> me the
> battery 3 years ago) reads 12.3 when I got it home. What they charged
> it to I
> don't know. But they said it was holding a charge fine so as not to
> have to
> replace it--we'll see.
>
> It was dead this a.m. at about 8 volts and would not crank the engine

Kim Brennan
86 Syncro. 91 Westy Syncro. 90 Tristar
Vienna VA. Sugar Grove WV.