Thread: bad battery?
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Old 02-14-2016, 03:34 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by jarnojvv View Post
Your vehicles charging system was not designed to bring a flat dead battery back to life. No amount of driving will fully recharge a dead battery. Idling the engine for periods of time will not help either.........

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This is important!

It's best to put a weak/dead battery on a charger ......the alternator is designed just to replace the charge used by the electrical system during normal usage.


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