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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 08:26 PM
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battery lights on, need some help!!!!

I got on the highway to drive home tonight and looked down to see how fast i was going, and i noticed that my battery light was on and the volt gauge was running lower than normal. So when i got off the highway the light went off, so i noticed that going faster would make the light come on and the volts run low, but as soon as i let off, it would go back to normal. Anyone have any ideas, i have a 1996 f150 with a 300
 
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Old Sep 25, 2010 | 09:24 PM
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id check to see if any wires are loose on the alternator and the battery and if thats not it id take them both up to ur autoparts store and have them check em (battery and alternator)
 
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 05:27 AM
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i ran over to the auto parts store, and they did a on the truck test, and everything checked good except there was a 5.31 amp draw after the truck was shut off. Where should i start to find that?
 
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 09:27 AM
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did you have your headlights on or your stereo on after you turned off the truck? id try making sure that none of that will come into play shut it all of dome light the whole deal so when you turn the truck off everything sould go off with it
 
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