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tam cochrane · Sep 29, 2020

Hi all seems like my 110 is losing charge. I have 13.6 volts going in to the battery when under normal running with no draw off it is that enough to keep the battery charged or is it a faulty alternator. I have a battery cut off switch which isolates everything when the car is not used which can be two or three days at a time.

rob1miles · Sep 29, 2020

Get the battery checked.

tam cochrane · Sep 29, 2020

rob1miles said:
Get the battery checked.

New battery

mick 1986 · Sep 30, 2020

tam cochrane said:
New battery

That doesn’t mean it isn’t faulty. I would expect 13.6V to keep a decent battery fully topped up.

Have you tested the isolator? Just because your removing the key, doesn’t mean it’s actually disconnecting the battery. It could have a parasitic drain and this is making you think otherwise.

tam cochrane · Sep 30, 2020

Yes tested isolator if 13.6 is enough to keep battery up then i suppose i must have a drain when i havent used isolator which isnt often but then the battery isnt getting to totally flat just a bit slow when i havent used it for a few days and i never go very far in it anyway just thought alternator would put more then that back

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