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Paul Workman · 04-21-2009

Three things come to mind, and two of them are covered (the one's I would have put at the top of the list), but the battery tender is not one of them.

A cell may be shorting out - time for a new battery
The voltage regulator may be on the way out (but since it doesn't go over 14.7 or so...I'd consider "something else"...
"Something else" might be a grounding issue somewhere can cause a host of things going bad. The key there is all those devices sharing a common ground (that is going south) will all be affected where the rest of the gauges, radio, etc are not affected.

Sounds like an internal battery issue - or your shorting something out - would be my first guess. A VOM and the FSM will be key to running it down.

Good luck. Let us know what you find (and I'll bet it isn't the battery charger!).

P.

04-21-2009	#5
Paul Workman Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri Posts: 6,466	Re: If you use a batter tender come inside...or if you really know electrics Three things come to mind, and two of them are covered (the one's I would have put at the top of the list), but the battery tender is not one of them. A cell may be shorting out - time for a new battery The voltage regulator may be on the way out (but since it doesn't go over 14.7 or so...I'd consider "something else"... "Something else" might be a grounding issue somewhere can cause a host of things going bad. The key there is all those devices sharing a common ground (that is going south) will all be affected where the rest of the gauges, radio, etc are not affected. Sounds like an internal battery issue - or your shorting something out - would be my first guess. A VOM and the FSM will be key to running it down. Good luck. Let us know what you find (and I'll bet it isn't the battery charger!). P.