We do very little travelling at night anymore, but yesterday I had to make a very necessary journey for a relative.
The driving conditions where absolutely terrible !.
High winds, strong rain and cold.
I had just about everything running in the car due to the weather.
Heater / Head lights / Wipers and even Heated Rear Window at one point.
The short journey was about 8 miles in total and I noticed that the 12 Volt battery indicator had only ONE white bar above the central location showing for the whole trip.
In day time driving, I am use to seeing the gauge display TWO white bars above the central location showing.
When I arrived back home, I switched off each item that was running while watching the 12 Volt gauge at the same time.
As soon as I turned off the head lights, the second white bar returned on the gauge.
So, my question is :-
Is this normal practice to see battery gauge react in this way when running a large amount of 12 Volt dependant items ?.
I understand the gauge is still displaying above 12 Volts so should be okay, but wanted to know is anybody else has witnessed this condition ?.
Thanks !.
The driving conditions where absolutely terrible !.
High winds, strong rain and cold.
I had just about everything running in the car due to the weather.
Heater / Head lights / Wipers and even Heated Rear Window at one point.
The short journey was about 8 miles in total and I noticed that the 12 Volt battery indicator had only ONE white bar above the central location showing for the whole trip.
In day time driving, I am use to seeing the gauge display TWO white bars above the central location showing.
When I arrived back home, I switched off each item that was running while watching the 12 Volt gauge at the same time.
As soon as I turned off the head lights, the second white bar returned on the gauge.
So, my question is :-
Is this normal practice to see battery gauge react in this way when running a large amount of 12 Volt dependant items ?.
I understand the gauge is still displaying above 12 Volts so should be okay, but wanted to know is anybody else has witnessed this condition ?.
Thanks !.