The Ford Barn

grouchyandugly · 02-19-2020, 10:45 AM

yesterday I took my 41 Mercury for a drive.... ha... some 2 miles and it shut down with no warning... lots of "motion lotion"... no "fire". got it pulled home. this A.M. I checked to see if I was getting juice to the ign switch..nothing… this is a 12V now. … so.. checked my battery!! HOLY SNOTSUCKERS!!! READS 30volts!! I have 2 spare 12V batteries so I checked them, and they were 13V & 14V. I have a one-wire alternator hooked up. some 6 months or so in use to this point. double checked, and the dumb meter still indicates 30V.
WTF??? I have not turned on my lights, etc., afraid of blowing them out again. any suggestions, comments, HELP, would be appreciated!!

02-19-2020, 10:45 AM	#1
grouchyandugly Member Join Date: May 2018 Location: N.E. FLA Posts: 57	WTF?? battery 30V ? yesterday I took my 41 Mercury for a drive.... ha... some 2 miles and it shut down with no warning... lots of "motion lotion"... no "fire". got it pulled home. this A.M. I checked to see if I was getting juice to the ign switch..nothing… this is a 12V now. … so.. checked my battery!! HOLY SNOTSUCKERS!!! READS 30volts!! I have 2 spare 12V batteries so I checked them, and they were 13V & 14V. I have a one-wire alternator hooked up. some 6 months or so in use to this point. double checked, and the dumb meter still indicates 30V. WTF??? I have not turned on my lights, etc., afraid of blowing them out again. any suggestions, comments, HELP, would be appreciated!!