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help! lol lights are draining my battery

presleymk4
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hey i drive a 1990 mk4 escort 1.3 and my lights are draining my battery, i drive in the day and volts stay at around 12-13 but wen i turn my lights on it drops to about 6 and keeps dropping and im getting confused, much appreciated 

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    Sounds like the alternator is knackered tbh.  At least it's a simple one to test on those, no modern smart charge lol!

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    oh but i recently put a new alterator and battery on her lol coz the old one was winning at me 

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    On 2/10/2019 at 11:49 PM, presleymk4 said:

    oh but i recently put a new alterator and battery on her lol coz the old one was winning at me 

    If your lights are causing your voltage to drop to 6V instantly, and your battery is fully charged, then your battery is toast imo. Even new batteries can have faulty cells which drop out under load. 

    Your alternator may also need checking, if it's not been charging the battery properly causing it to fail prematurely.

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    yhhhhhh its a faulty alternator i got a new one on its way just hopefully this works 

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    all sorted now shes running well, replaced the alternator and belt 

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