Timeline for Car battery is flat, how can I tell the cause from multimeter results?
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| Dec 23, 2020 at 17:58 | answer | added | Cubic273.15 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 21, 2020 at 14:52 | history | edited | thenewasker |
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| Dec 21, 2020 at 13:55 | comment | added | thenewasker | I put the probes on the battery posts (also tried on the places where the the connectors meet the posts). The result was weird for me also. Can it be a short circuit, or sth faulty inside the electrical system? | |
| Dec 21, 2020 at 12:50 | comment | added | HandyHowie | Something doesn’t appear correct about your tests. I can’t see how you could start the engine using the battery and then have the battery read 0v. Either your multimeter leads are faulty, or you were not connected to the battery correctly. Did you put the probes on the battery posts, or on the connectors that are clamped to the posts? | |
| Dec 21, 2020 at 12:26 | comment | added | thenewasker | Btw, thanks for updating my question. I don't know what did my brain do when I wrote it :D | |
| Dec 21, 2020 at 12:23 | comment | added | thenewasker | @HandyHowie: I connected the multimeter to 2 terminals of the battery. | |
| Dec 21, 2020 at 12:21 | comment | added | thenewasker | @HandyHowie: The battery had not been completely flat when I start my tests. I was also surprise that I could start the engine to do the tests. However, after these tests, it seemed that the battery was completely empty, so I couldn't start the car any more. I still can lock/unlock the car with electrical door lock thought. | |
| Dec 21, 2020 at 8:37 | answer | added | trond hansen | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 21, 2020 at 6:13 | answer | added | Frog | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 20, 2020 at 16:08 | comment | added | HandyHowie | Where exactly are you connecting the multimeter probes? | |
| Dec 20, 2020 at 16:06 | history | edited | HandyHowie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 20, 2020 at 16:06 | comment | added | HandyHowie | How are you starting the engine with a flat battery? Jump leads? Push start? | |
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| Dec 20, 2020 at 10:31 | history | asked | thenewasker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |