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Subject:Re: Short Question
From:David Beierl
Date:Tue, 11 May 2010 20:12:27 -0400

At 08:03 PM 5/11/2010, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>You need to establish two things to begin with -- a) is your
>alternator putting out the right stuff, alt is putting out 13.75 at
>main battery per 2 checks.and b) are your batteries ok. so, yes, I
>assume When you say "dropped...after starting..." do you mean that
>the engine was still running?  I'm guessing you don't.Oh yes I
>do.  keeps dropping while running.  Drove a block and came back home
>becuase got as low as 10.89.
Check the voltage at the alternator as the battery is dropping.  I'm
guessing you'll find good voltage there, in which case you've got a
bad connection somewhere.  Check voltage at the connection post in
the wire box on the firewall, and at the starter.

d