Rogo
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I think its about time to replace my battery, but I wanted to ping the collective and get your thoughts.
This winter has been very mild, but on the coldest days so far (10-20 deg F), my LR3 will throw error messages on screen for a brief moment at start-up. I think if we had a typical Chicago winter, I'd be in more trouble than I am.
At any rate, I finally got around to taking it to my local Advance Auto and got the battery tested. Here are the results:
Voltage 12.61 V
Amps 636 CCA
My Interstate battery that's in there is rated at 850 CCA
The tech told me that it could be the battery or the alternator and that he could determine because the battery wasn't fully charged. Just for kicks, I him test the alternator output and it was 14.4 V. I suppose the alternator could be putting out 0 amps, but I find it unlikely.
I figure that since my error messages have been going on for maybe 2 months, if it were the alternator, the battery would be dead by now.
Anyway, what are your thoughts? Should I go ahead and replace the battery?
This winter has been very mild, but on the coldest days so far (10-20 deg F), my LR3 will throw error messages on screen for a brief moment at start-up. I think if we had a typical Chicago winter, I'd be in more trouble than I am.
At any rate, I finally got around to taking it to my local Advance Auto and got the battery tested. Here are the results:
Voltage 12.61 V
Amps 636 CCA
My Interstate battery that's in there is rated at 850 CCA
The tech told me that it could be the battery or the alternator and that he could determine because the battery wasn't fully charged. Just for kicks, I him test the alternator output and it was 14.4 V. I suppose the alternator could be putting out 0 amps, but I find it unlikely.
I figure that since my error messages have been going on for maybe 2 months, if it were the alternator, the battery would be dead by now.
Anyway, what are your thoughts? Should I go ahead and replace the battery?