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Re: Flat battery today ...alternator? [message #370484 is a reply to message #370471] Mon, 12 September 2022 11:00 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
JohnL455 is currently offline  JohnL455   United States
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Possible scenario. Your failed battery may have taken out one diode in your isolator. The battery fail you experienced is typical with today’s batteries. My take is in the old days they would gradually start to crank slower over a period of time. Today the end of life curve is dramatic.

John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
 
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