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Old 05-21-2009, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by spree17 View Post
I'd like to test the voltage like other people said but I need somebody to tell me exactly how to do it.

The battery may be on borrowed times as you said.
Touch the positive (red) wire on the meter to the positive (red) terminal of the battery, and the negative (black) wire to the negative terminal of the battery to read the voltage. Do this with engine off to read just battery voltage, then with engine on to read alternator voltage.

There are also additional ways to do this, as I am sure other people will point out.
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