Clearlake
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I put in a battery today that was fully charged. I had it in the basement on the trickle charger during the winter. I verified the voltage at 13.18 volts.
I go to start the ski, the beeper sounds a bit weak compared to my GTX. The starter engages turns the engine over slowly. While cranking the voltage is dropping to 3.5 volts. I'm thinking that is too low. My GTX was only dropping to 10.3v while cranking. I used my multi-meter and used the min/max function to essentially perform a load test. After cranking it for a while, the starter stopped spinning the engine over and I heard some clicking noises.
After messing with it for a while, cleaning the electrical connections, opening up the electrical box and checking connections and fuses in there. Everything seems, clean, tight and I don't see any issues.
I pulled the spark plugs, sprayed in some fogging oil and the engine turns over okay. Wasn't the fastest but it was turning over. Put the plugs back in and the starter barely wants to start. Voltage remained about the same during the spark plug test. The battery was dropping to 4v.
After doing some tests, the battery voltage had dropped to 12.68 volts. I'm thinking it doesn't have enough power under load to turn the engine over.
Just wanted to see what anyone else thought, before I go out and purchase a new battery.
I did check the power wire at the starter. While pressing the start/stop button I was only getting 3.5V as well. Then I when did my no spark plug test I got 4v. So I'm getting the same power that the battery has at the main posts.
I go to start the ski, the beeper sounds a bit weak compared to my GTX. The starter engages turns the engine over slowly. While cranking the voltage is dropping to 3.5 volts. I'm thinking that is too low. My GTX was only dropping to 10.3v while cranking. I used my multi-meter and used the min/max function to essentially perform a load test. After cranking it for a while, the starter stopped spinning the engine over and I heard some clicking noises.
After messing with it for a while, cleaning the electrical connections, opening up the electrical box and checking connections and fuses in there. Everything seems, clean, tight and I don't see any issues.
I pulled the spark plugs, sprayed in some fogging oil and the engine turns over okay. Wasn't the fastest but it was turning over. Put the plugs back in and the starter barely wants to start. Voltage remained about the same during the spark plug test. The battery was dropping to 4v.
After doing some tests, the battery voltage had dropped to 12.68 volts. I'm thinking it doesn't have enough power under load to turn the engine over.
Just wanted to see what anyone else thought, before I go out and purchase a new battery.
I did check the power wire at the starter. While pressing the start/stop button I was only getting 3.5V as well. Then I when did my no spark plug test I got 4v. So I'm getting the same power that the battery has at the main posts.
