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Tom Wesenberg · 09-29-2010, 04:52 PM

I'm also thinking it may be a battery cable issue. I've seen a couple cables where the lead end seemed to be tight on the copper cable, but yet it wasn't making a good connection. On one I pulled the cable right out of the lead terminal without too much effort.

Putting a volt meter between the connection in question will find the fault. If you put the negative volt meter lead on the center of the negative battery post, then put the meter positive lead on the other end terminal of the negative battery cable and take a reading while cranking the engine. Have the meter on the lowest volts DC scale. You should show less than one volt drop in the cable.

09-29-2010, 04:52 PM	#15
Tom Wesenberg Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mpls, MN Posts: 27,582	Re: Battery drain and starting questions. I'm also thinking it may be a battery cable issue. I've seen a couple cables where the lead end seemed to be tight on the copper cable, but yet it wasn't making a good connection. On one I pulled the cable right out of the lead terminal without too much effort. Putting a volt meter between the connection in question will find the fault. If you put the negative volt meter lead on the center of the negative battery post, then put the meter positive lead on the other end terminal of the negative battery cable and take a reading while cranking the engine. Have the meter on the lowest volts DC scale. You should show less than one volt drop in the cable.