Car troubles. 

New battery but just isn't holding a charge. Got mail sent, that's nice! Sitting in a car that, even after running for 20 minutes won't start when I sit back down in it.

Hell trying to run the fan on medium while driving was making lights flicker a bit.

Few more weeks and I can lay this poor girl to rest. She's done damn fine work but it may be time to put a new vehicle at the top of the to do list

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re: Car troubles. 

@Draekos It's your alternator.
Good news, it's a hundred bucks or so to fix with basic tools, in a Parking Lot, at night, under a Flashlight, as long as it's not a Lincoln Continental.

If you have a multimeter, start the car and check voltage across the terminals on the battery while it's running, should get 14.4 volts

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