Battery issues.

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RobotHouse
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Joined: Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:27 am
Car: 89 240sx

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after my SR swap was done my car seems to enjoy eatting batteries. ive gone threw 4 batteries so far and im not sure what it could be exactly.

My first guess was the alternator but the car still runs even without the battery ties on.

Then i came to the conclusion it was my permacool fan on my radiator..The permacool seems to run for a fairly long time even with the car off until it reaches its target temp then the fan shuts off..and the fan is running off the battery so i guessed that could be it.

My final guess was maybe the battery im using is too small for the car (Using a miata battery to fit near the intercool)..but that dosent seem to make much sense because the alternator should take care of that.

The fastest the car has drained the battery has been a day with 1 1200 watt sub/amp and a capacitor hooked up correctly. If its the alternator afterall does a KA alternator bolt onto the SR?


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elwesso
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Honestly what I would do is take it to autozone and have them do the battery testing... They can test the battery and if that checks out theyll test the alternator.....


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