gathermewool
Site Donor 2023
I’ve always had good luck with OEM batteries. They tend to last me a long time and give me some warning before dying. That is until today.
We were THIRTY MINUTES AWAY FROM HOME after nearly 17 straight hours of driving home from FL when the car would not start. We stopped for tacos in New Haven when it happened. I even started the car without any issue to quickly move the car while we were waiting for the tacos to be made. We were sitting for no more than five minutes before i tried to start it again. I went to start the car to get going and nothing but a click. My radar detector showed 9.6VDC.
Thank goodness I brought my NOCO jump pack! It took three times, but the car finally started right up and we were on our way!
Amplifying info:
2,500 miles of nearly all highway.
Lot of stops and starts while down in FL. Multiple stops and starts on the way up.
Radar detector showed 13.9-14.1VDC the whole trip.
After getting home and shutting off the engine, the battery reads a surface charge of 12.9VDC. So, not a shorts cell.
I‘m thinking something got disconnected while bumping and bouncing along NY’s greatest roads! Thoughts?
We were THIRTY MINUTES AWAY FROM HOME after nearly 17 straight hours of driving home from FL when the car would not start. We stopped for tacos in New Haven when it happened. I even started the car without any issue to quickly move the car while we were waiting for the tacos to be made. We were sitting for no more than five minutes before i tried to start it again. I went to start the car to get going and nothing but a click. My radar detector showed 9.6VDC.
Thank goodness I brought my NOCO jump pack! It took three times, but the car finally started right up and we were on our way!
Amplifying info:
2,500 miles of nearly all highway.
Lot of stops and starts while down in FL. Multiple stops and starts on the way up.
Radar detector showed 13.9-14.1VDC the whole trip.
After getting home and shutting off the engine, the battery reads a surface charge of 12.9VDC. So, not a shorts cell.
I‘m thinking something got disconnected while bumping and bouncing along NY’s greatest roads! Thoughts?