Spyder won't start? Help yourself understand possibly why....

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Just a FYI my F3 wouldn't start today. Voltage showed 12.8v. I put it on the charger and it showed 75% charged. Put a meter on it and when I hit the starter button it went down to 11.2v. Checked my battery terminals and sure enough the positive was loose. So while a gauge will show you if you have 12 volts it won't tell you if you have a bad connection.

A meter connected to the battery will not. A meter on the other side of the regulator will like the 12V socket in the trunk.

The reason I brought this up here was due to me helping a guy on Facebook who would not start but said the battery was good or "it's a month old". Well the battery was good but the connections were loose. This cig lighter gauge will show a massive voltage drop, like Billy said above, with loose connections. Just like the dash rebooting or other symptoms with loose connections.

But yes, this will not show you the exact reason e.g. a bad battery can show the same drop as loose connections. But if the battery is good it can show you that the problem is loose connections or some other problem causing the voltage drop. No meter at all (which you used to troubleshoot) your just guessing.


Bob

 

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Just a FYI my F3 wouldn't start today. Voltage showed 12.8v. I put it on the charger and it showed 75% charged. Put a meter on it and when I hit the starter button it went down to 11.2v. Checked my battery terminals and sure enough the positive was loose. So while a gauge will show you if you have 12 volts it won't tell you if you have a bad connection.

......Some people here will say otherwise .....but I have NEVER had a loose connection on anything I put a STAR washer on...........................Mike :thumbup: