Battery help
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From: Richmond, VA
If you're looking for one to fit the factory spot, go with an Interstate battery. Great warranty, and IMO, the best battery buy. I've had 2 cars with Interstate batteries, and never had battery-related electrical problems.
I think your biggest concern should be "WTF has started draining my battery with the car off?"
Put a 12v test light between the negative post of your battery, and the negative battery cable. If it lights up, you've got something draining it with the car off. Pull all your fuses one at a time until the light goes out.
If it stays on during the last test, you have more than one circuit draining the battery. Pull all your fuses and replace them until the light comes on. The circuit that lights the test light is the one draining your battery. Check your wiring. Keep checking the others to find the other circuit. It takes some patience.
If it doesn't light up, and you don't have an alarm or aftermarket electronics installed, then check your alternator's wiring, and all of your engine's grounds.
I think your biggest concern should be "WTF has started draining my battery with the car off?"
Put a 12v test light between the negative post of your battery, and the negative battery cable. If it lights up, you've got something draining it with the car off. Pull all your fuses one at a time until the light goes out.
If it stays on during the last test, you have more than one circuit draining the battery. Pull all your fuses and replace them until the light comes on. The circuit that lights the test light is the one draining your battery. Check your wiring. Keep checking the others to find the other circuit. It takes some patience.
If it doesn't light up, and you don't have an alarm or aftermarket electronics installed, then check your alternator's wiring, and all of your engine's grounds.
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From: Fridley, MN
Originally Posted by Jafro
If you're looking for one to fit the factory spot, go with an Interstate battery. Great warranty, and IMO, the best battery buy. I've had 2 cars with Interstate batteries, and never had battery-related electrical problems.
I think your biggest concern should be "WTF has started draining my battery with the car off?"
Put a 12v test light between the negative post of your battery, and the negative battery cable. If it lights up, you've got something draining it with the car off. Pull all your fuses one at a time until the light goes out.
If it stays on during the last test, you have more than one circuit draining the battery. Pull all your fuses and replace them until the light comes on. The circuit that lights the test light is the one draining your battery. Check your wiring. Keep checking the others to find the other circuit. It takes some patience.
If it doesn't light up, and you don't have an alarm or aftermarket electronics installed, then check your alternator's wiring, and all of your engine's grounds.
I think your biggest concern should be "WTF has started draining my battery with the car off?"
Put a 12v test light between the negative post of your battery, and the negative battery cable. If it lights up, you've got something draining it with the car off. Pull all your fuses one at a time until the light goes out.
If it stays on during the last test, you have more than one circuit draining the battery. Pull all your fuses and replace them until the light comes on. The circuit that lights the test light is the one draining your battery. Check your wiring. Keep checking the others to find the other circuit. It takes some patience.
If it doesn't light up, and you don't have an alarm or aftermarket electronics installed, then check your alternator's wiring, and all of your engine's grounds.
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From: San Antonio, Texas
Originally Posted by Hondaman
Any taller and it will hit the hood once, make some cool sparks and ruin your whole day.
battery crap was everywhere under the hood. The damn thing blew up like a hampster in a microwave :rofl:
Originally Posted by Jafro
If you're looking for one to fit the factory spot, go with an Interstate battery. Great warranty, and IMO, the best battery buy. I've had 2 cars with Interstate batteries, and never had battery-related electrical problems.
I think your biggest concern should be "WTF has started draining my battery with the car off?"
Put a 12v test light between the negative post of your battery, and the negative battery cable. If it lights up, you've got something draining it with the car off. Pull all your fuses one at a time until the light goes out.
If it stays on during the last test, you have more than one circuit draining the battery. Pull all your fuses and replace them until the light comes on. The circuit that lights the test light is the one draining your battery. Check your wiring. Keep checking the others to find the other circuit. It takes some patience.
If it doesn't light up, and you don't have an alarm or aftermarket electronics installed, then check your alternator's wiring, and all of your engine's grounds.
I think your biggest concern should be "WTF has started draining my battery with the car off?"
Put a 12v test light between the negative post of your battery, and the negative battery cable. If it lights up, you've got something draining it with the car off. Pull all your fuses one at a time until the light goes out.
If it stays on during the last test, you have more than one circuit draining the battery. Pull all your fuses and replace them until the light comes on. The circuit that lights the test light is the one draining your battery. Check your wiring. Keep checking the others to find the other circuit. It takes some patience.
If it doesn't light up, and you don't have an alarm or aftermarket electronics installed, then check your alternator's wiring, and all of your engine's grounds.
fawking awsome post. You should put this in the DIY forum as a troubleshoot.
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Lightweight Dynabat battery for me in March 
13lbs vs 50-60lbs And it's going in my trunk
13lbs vs 50-60lbs And it's going in my trunk
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Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer
Lightweight Dynabat battery for me in March 13lbs vs 50-60lbs And it's going in my trunk
13lbs vs 50-60lbs And it's going in my trunk 
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Originally Posted by white_n_slow
you can do trunk batteries in STS?? they wont let me do that here, at least not when theyre picky.
But trunk mounted batteries have always been legal as long as it's secure and vented.-motor mount bushing inserts are legal now
-any aftermarket seat which weighs at least 15lbs
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lmao, you guys knock me out. You think there's something draining the battery? I know his car almost as well as I know my own, since I helped put the engine in, helped do the suspension, etc. When it's been literally -10 degrees or colder for a week, there's nothing in the world that will keep the battery at a full charge. Think about it. Take a flashlight with new batteries, and throw it in the freezer for a day, then turn it on. It'll be dim, and there's nothing draining it. 
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