02-11-2021, 12:02 AM
PeterB wrote:
OK guys, returning back to this thread...
The voltage I'm reading should be the battery, as I understand it -- I use my Zus and also the procedure described in this YouTube, which gave identical results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aXrofQmqeQ
(under the Vehicle Signal menu, I didn't use a voltmeter...)
A battery from Amazon is about $170, the solar chargers mentioned in the original post about $70. (I would want to use solar instead of AC since I don't have a garage.)
It is admittedly a 7-year old battery now, and I don't do a lot of driving ... so probably it just sitting around for long periods of time without being driven has maybe done the battery in somewhat? (I'd never had this problem pre-corona.) But as pointed out by some of you above, it shouldn't actually be necessary to drive around to power the battery?
Are you using a battery tester or a volt meter. If the later, this doesn't give a true indication of whether or not the battery is good. A battery tester puts a load on the battery while measuring the voltage. Big difference in the readings.