*Jonathan
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- North Jersey
My jeep sits all week and gets driven on the weekends. Last weekend I had to jump my battery since was too weak to start the jeep. Started up ran fine and had 14v at the guage. Today I went to start it and it was dead again. It is too weak to start the jeep and the dome light barely comes on. I put the voltmeter on it and it reads 10 volts. I have a new battery to put in it but I want to make sure that I don't have an electrical drain. I diconnected the negative cable and put my volt meter between the negative post and disconnected negative clamp. I get 10v!!! Is that normal?? I realize I should have my meter set to mA to test draw on the system when off but I can't find that meter right now. I don't have any blown fuses so I can't imagine that I have a major short. Also, before I parked the jeep a few weeks ago everything was fine. I just want to make sure this condition is ok before puting my new battery in.