July 7, 201114 yr I was so pissed/tired/drenched I couldn't even look at the truck.I understand this ... I thought about driving mine into the river a couple of times ...
July 7, 201114 yr If you have a pair of jumper cables for jump-starting a vehicle just use one cable of the pair to connect the secondary battery negative to the frame, if your violtage is then correct your secondary battery ground is the problem.
July 7, 201114 yr Author Thanks for the suggestions everybody, I took Shizzon/Sefugi's advice and figured out that my extra battery wasn't grounded properly. I temporarily switched it to a different place and it reads a lot better now. I just have to get some more wire and I should be good to go.Thanks everybody!
July 7, 201114 yr Thanks for the suggestions everybody, I took Shizzon/Sefugi's advice and figured out that my extra battery wasn't grounded properly. I temporarily switched it to a different place and it reads a lot better now. I just have to get some more wire and I should be good to go.Thanks everybody! Order yourself a few extra feet of cable to use for troubleshooting in the future, I keep a couple pieces of #4 welding cable in my cars/trucks for this reason. I've jumpstarted many vehicles with these too. If you have the extra cash, go ahead and pick up several extra feet of cable and 2 pairs of clamps and make yourself some jumper cables.
July 8, 201114 yr Author Thanks for the replies everybody, I'm glad I figured it out. I'll probably go ahead and order 20 or so feet of black and maybe 7-10 of red so I can have some extra wire and possibly make my own jumper cables, sounds like a good idea. Thanks Ohjay! Edited July 8, 201114 yr by burko
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