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Hey all,

I have been haveing trouble with the install of a few bits and pieces of elec stuff, and was just doing a test across the battery which is showing 16.5V...??!?! is this unusual? The guy i bought the car from said this was a special battery for the alarm (m80g). could this be the source of all my problems? - argh!

cheers, Daniel

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That reading is when the engine is off :s

check with another multimeter (in case your one is out) or use the same multimeter on another car to see the difference. Also read the details on the battery to see what voltage it says, I have never seen a 16V battery. If it is 16V tell me as I could use one or two of them for my SPL project. :D

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check with another multimeter (in case your one is out) or use the same multimeter on another car to see the difference. Also read the details on the battery to see what voltage it says, I have never seen a 16V battery. If it is 16V tell me as I could use one or two of them for my SPL project. :P

+1. unless its a drag racing battery with 3 sets of terminals (summit racing market them leon.) they are 16v.

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