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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 10:27 PM
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battery died.. and it was a bitch to restart...

had to charge it...
then.. re-initialize the thundermax..
then wait for it to settle to idle..
then double check my maps and shyt make sure everything is running like before if not better...
shyt was loud retuing..

and by the way ..this was at 1120pm when i was retuning it and letting it find the idle..neighbors probably pissed..
 
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 10:58 PM
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Did you check to make sure your charging system is working correctly?
 
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 11:11 PM
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damn it... time to wake up the neighbors...
 
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 11:19 PM
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Take a voltmeter reading at the battery running about 2500 rpm and it should show about 14.7 volts... Good luck with your neighbors!!
 
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