MrFancypants
Autocross Champion
Folow up post on my battery weirdness...
There was definitely something bizarre going on with the new battery. I put the old one back in and was seeing ~13.5v at idle which is slowly and steadily dropping the longer I let the car idle.
I'm not good with electrical systems but my guess is that something sensed that the old battery wasn't in a full state of charge so I'm seeing a higher voltage reading, while something felt that the new battery was completely charged and never showed more than the battery's standard output at around 12.5v.
Lessons learned: stop messing around with power sports batteries and spend the extra money on a regular size one.
I'll be returning the battery. Thankfully I ordered it from Amazon so I can just drop it off at a Kohl's.
Also, pour one out for my old Craftsman 5/8 13mm socket, it looks like the car doesn't want to give it back.
There was definitely something bizarre going on with the new battery. I put the old one back in and was seeing ~13.5v at idle which is slowly and steadily dropping the longer I let the car idle.
I'm not good with electrical systems but my guess is that something sensed that the old battery wasn't in a full state of charge so I'm seeing a higher voltage reading, while something felt that the new battery was completely charged and never showed more than the battery's standard output at around 12.5v.
Lessons learned: stop messing around with power sports batteries and spend the extra money on a regular size one.
I'll be returning the battery. Thankfully I ordered it from Amazon so I can just drop it off at a Kohl's.
Also, pour one out for my old Craftsman 5/8 13mm socket, it looks like the car doesn't want to give it back.
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