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Hanaldo

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Hanaldo

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Hey just gonna chase up something that Yaah31 mentioned, i have a physically small battery which has quite high CCA, but he said my problem may have something to do with that, as the battery was designed for starting the car and not running large sound systems and a lot of electrics like my car does. Would anyone be able to clarify this for me? I don't have a huge sound system, but obviously two amps, a sub and six aftermarket speakers is a little bigger than factory so it may be affecting things?

Cheers for any help

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wrong, you can test your battery with a multimetre, just throw the metre accross it and start it, check the voltage it drops to, if you wonna check amps make sure you connect the multimetre in series with the battery or you you could seriously damage the metre/yourself

Been away for a while, ref my comment "testing battery with multimeter", I think you will find that you are using your meter to monitor batt/alt performance characteristics under those load-no load conditions outlined above. Is all & fine.

But if you go down the second current path outlined above (which is what I was alluding to in the first place) you will surely test your meter, unless you use a serious current shunt or have a meter capable of handling 300+amps dc sustained (or whatever the max is that the batt is rated to deliver +?x% safety margin). Shoulda made it clearer. Never mind you get the idea. :)

cheers GW

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Hey just gonna chase up something that Yaah31 mentioned, i have a physically small battery which has quite high CCA, but he said my problem may have something to do with that, as the battery was designed for starting the car and not running large sound systems and a lot of electrics like my car does. Would anyone be able to clarify this for me? I don't have a huge sound system, but obviously two amps, a sub and six aftermarket speakers is a little bigger than factory so it may be affecting things?

Cheers for any help

look int it hey martin see if anyone one else has that same battery as u in the same type of car , and yea that earth cable i still thinks need replacing , yea smaller the battery the least it will hold of electrical power , like a kids toy , u dont see them with a 12 or 6v battery just like 'aa' or 'aaa' which is just enough to run it , but yea martin if u get me 2x cable lugs the size of ur terminal post and the size of that earth point and how long it is , i got the cable at work so yea i can make it for ya XD

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look int it hey martin see if anyone one else has that same battery as u in the same type of car , and yea that earth cable i still thinks need replacing , yea smaller the battery the least it will hold of electrical power , like a kids toy , u dont see them with a 12 or 6v battery just like 'aa' or 'aaa' which is just enough to run it , but yea martin if u get me 2x cable lugs the size of ur terminal post and the size of that earth point and how long it is , i got the cable at work so yea i can make it for ya XD

Where do i get those lugs from bro?

Also, is there any way i can like extend the bit of the connection where you attach things like amp power cables and things? Ive got so many things on there that the nuts hardly go back on, its dodge :)

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Where do i get those lugs from bro?

Also, is there any way i can like extend the bit of the connection where you attach things like amp power cables and things? Ive got so many things on there that the nuts hardly go back on, its dodge :)

supercheap or any auto or electrcal shop, u can get lugs with extensions to put more shit on at any car or watevs shop too ,

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hye man seen a pic of the inside of ur car the batery look hell bigger n shit compared to u 'AA' one lol

http://img236.imageshack.us/i/27404mgmy3.jpg/

Check It Out

Oh And u got them lugs yet ?

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Ive notice r34 batteries to be alot bigger than the r33's...

Mine is a tiny little thing that sits in the boot... and its still the Nissan genunie battery from japan...!! Still works great ! that thing seems to never die (Touch wood)...

I highly doubt its got to do with the size of ur battery, unless its under charged... Cause you've had this car for awhile and its been running ok since you bought it.

Probably a earth somewhere like your friend suggested

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Mmm but thats a turbo model... Different electrics. And it doesn't really look bigger than mine, looks about the same. Plus its a Bosche so you know its aftermarket

yea probz diffierent electrics , dont mean shit for starting it tho , that will be the same

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