Battery Gauge

I've posted a previous thread about this problem back in 2003.

Ok, so I haven't had a new battery in 4 years. First off, should I get a new battery? I had a Sears Die Hard.

Secondly, when I start my car up it goes up to about 15--but when I turn my lights on, heat on, windshield wipers, etc, the volts go down past the 13--so about 11. But when I use the turn signal- it moves and fluctuates, and even the dashboard panel lights kind of flicker a bit.

I put a new alternator in a couple years ago.

Any suggetions?

The guage moving is from the blinkers blinking on/off. If any drop in the guage is below 13 then it's probably a bad alternator.

So I had Autozone test the battery and alternator and they both turned out fine. But they did notice that the belt could be slipping a bit because its very shiny rather than brand new black. They said it could possibly not gripping enough and getting enough power to the alternator. Could this be right?

yea it could but you would hear squeals.back to checking connectionss + & -

Not sure if you fixed this problem. If not, check the connection of the positive cable to the remote pole. Mine was loose and I cleaned and tighten. This solved the problem.

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