# My battery keeps dieing!! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [July 18, 2007, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-battery-keeps-dieing/32558 "2007-07-18T08:50:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-battery-keeps-dieing/32558/5 "2007-07-19T22:07:57Z")
Simple, measure the voltage on the batt after its been runnign for a while, it should be about 12.5 or higher. If its not, start the car and measure voltage, if its 14v and up, get a new battery, if its low, get a new alternator. If the battery has voltage, and the alternator is putting out power, kill the car,disconnect one side of the battery, and measure the power being drawn with a meter. If its a few hundred mA or higher, you have a serious load somewhere. Bracketracer has a decent way a figgureing it out posted, try that… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-battery-keeps-dieing/32558)._