Battery not charaging

1997 Renault Scenic 1.6e auto
Car: Renault Scenic
Year: 1997
Variant: 1.6e auto
Categories: Electrics, ECU, Warnings & Lights
ive just had my alternator reconed and i cleaned all the teminals up and the battery still will not charage ive had a couple of batterys on the car and the problem still remains and wen i tested the out put from the alternator its putting 17.6 volts out and between 14.6 to 15.3 into the battery but wen i drive the car 4 abit the battery go's dead again please can someone give me any ideas


thanx
Problem added: May 16, 2009 (14 years ago)
andy18281

Points: 1
if you ask me i would say that you are over charging the battery as you want a constant charge of 14.4 volts and not really any more i think you may have over charge the battery and may have done some damage to the battery hence it not taking the charge
Answered May 16, 2009 (14 years ago)
thomkas_cars

Points: 1,056
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