John Ings wrote:

> On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 02:54:10 GMT, "Caroline"
> <caroline10027remove@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>>I did shake out quite a lot of white powder (indicating some corrosion) from the
>>battery's positive terminal's cable connector while changing the batteries.
>
>
> Clean your battery cable clamps with a round wire brush. Check the
> cable itself under the insulation near the clamp, make sure it isn't
> corroded under there. Check both cable connections at the other end,
> especially the ground cable. Unbolt them, clean with a file and
> reconnect. Half an ohm resistance in a 115 volt circuit is nothing.
> Half an ohm in a 12 volt battery cable is a big deal. Do the math
> E = IR If the alternator wants to put 20 amps into the battery,
> .5 X 20 = 10 volts drop.

theyre worth replacing, regardless. along with the connection to the
alternator. if the readings still dont improve, its new rebuilt
alternator time.