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CrazyCreashunz
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Re: What battery to get
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March 03, 2009, 02:08:26 PM »
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Its a good starter battery. I got it like back in October, and my car started right up when it was 20 below.
Kool ima pick it up on Thursday... Thanks Thien
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Re: What battery to get
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March 17, 2009, 04:47:22 PM »
My dumbass killed my oem battery doing my mirrors, but my car did stand for about a 1 month before i came home. I just bought an Autocraft silver from AdvanceAuto for $56 after the $10 core return and my friends 25% discount. Since im only running my hids off the battery i dont need any of those expensive batteries.
On another note, when i worked at Advance back in philly, i had handful of people have major problems with the optimas, On our charging machines it took the optimas aver an hour to charge. So i never liked them to begin with.
How much stuff are you running off the battery?
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Re: What battery to get
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March 17, 2009, 11:26:22 PM »
I'll repeat this again. Your battery does not power any of your electrical components while your engine is running. Your alternator powers all electrical components when your engine is running. Your battery is strictly used to start your engine and run components when your engine is not running.
I would recommend using a battery tender when you do any electrical work on your car.
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Re: What battery to get
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^ That's what i meant, like running subs or entertainment stuff. I was just being a dumbass in my situation, i completely disregarded the fact that i had those step lights and shit on. I guess we learn from our mistakes?
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Re: What battery to get
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March 18, 2009, 10:39:17 AM »
Quite true. I try to always use a battery tender when doing electrical work. It's a safe step to take so you don't deep cycle the battery and reduce it's life.
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Broken Negative Battery Terminal
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July 04, 2009, 08:58:41 AM »
Hi Guys. Me Again. This time something strange happened to me last night. I was cruising around and then I hit a streetbump and all of a sudden my car shuts off completely and the interior lights started to flicker. I open up the hood to see that the negative battery terminal snapped off of the cable. Then I made a "connection" using black electrical tape and when I turned on my car the RPM Needle was way above 8k and it remained there even when the car was on idle. When I accelerate it also stays there. I returned home and removed the battery. I was wondering what should I do? Is the RPM Needle something the ECU controls and when I put my battery back on it will go back to where it's supposed to? Also should I buy replacement terminals or the whole negative cable with the terminal? If so which terminals do you guys recommend. Is it a hard install? Thanks for your time.
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Re: Broken Negative Battery Terminal
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July 04, 2009, 10:04:30 AM »
i would think terminals are terminals.... get a decent name brand like Monster or Street Wire tho and dont go with some ebay special.
This also gives you a chance to upgrade your ground wire... or possible think about doing a 5-7 wire home made grounding kit
http://www.google.com/products/catalog? ... sa=title#p
GL man... i say just rip it off...get new terminals.. (pep boys/autozone since you are in sort of a time crunch to get yur car working)
replace your ground wire with some better and maybe larger gauge wire (2-6 gauge)....call it a day
i think after that you should be able let the car idle and the ecu will reset itself
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Re: Broken Negative Battery Terminal
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Thanks I upgraded the terminals to the streetwire brand that you posted and now the car starts fine. The needle is all messed up. I haven't let it idle. Should I let it idle for some time to see if the RPM needle comes back down? I mean it's really off. It's all the way after the 8k mark and it's now gone behind the speedo. I'm gonna let it idle for a while to see if the needle comes back down. If not what can I do to get it to work normally again? Thanks!
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Re: Broken Negative Battery Terminal
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July 04, 2009, 03:44:32 PM »
thats funny i did the same thing on the highway and my car was still running.. i only found out after i shut the car off at the gas station and could not restart.... nothing happened to the needle though
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Re: Broken Negative Battery Terminal
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July 04, 2009, 03:51:55 PM »
How long have you let the car sit completely off the battery
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Re: Broken Negative Battery Terminal
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July 05, 2009, 06:08:41 PM »
Well the battery was off for about 10 hours. But it's working fine now.I drove it around and the RPM needle fell to it's normal position and it's working flawlessly now. Thanks guys!
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Re: Broken Negative Battery Terminal
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July 07, 2009, 12:46:33 AM »
Yeah that happened to me, those terminals dont last very long if you fiddle with your car's electronics and disconnect the battery a lot.
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Re: Broken Negative Battery Terminal
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July 07, 2009, 08:07:32 AM »
I've got an extra OEM battery ground strap. It's yours if you want it. Just pay for shipping.
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Re: Broken Negative Battery Terminal
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July 24, 2009, 09:41:53 PM »
wtf your need is at 8k? Spoon sport accord?
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Re: Broken Negative Battery Terminal
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July 24, 2009, 09:58:38 PM »
Holy late response Ken!
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