1990 Jeep Cherokee battery

Tiny
TPIFER07
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  • 1990 JEEP CHEROKEE
  • 6 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 200,000 MILES
I recently have had troubles with my jeep recieving power from my battery. I have a brand new battery thats good and my connections seem good yet overnight my battery drains and wont have enough power to start in the morning. With turn over but now fire up.
Monday, January 18th, 2010 AT 11:54 PM

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Tiny
BLACKOP555
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Crank it for a few seconds bout 10 seconds. Then measure the voltage at the battery. What is it across the terminals?

Take and put one lead of a meter on a terminal and the other on the case of the battery do in different spots. What does it read?

Next hook a amp meter up in series to the positive cable and tell me how many amps its drawing.
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 AT 5:54 PM

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