Low Battery Voltage Can Destroy Your Starter

Mechanic looking at heavy duty engine - Low Battery Voltage Can Destroy Your Starter

If you want to ensure that your starter lasts for many years you need to ensure that it is getting the power it needs to start your engine.

How to check your starter

  1. Step 1: check the battery(s) – make sure that they are in good condition and fully charged.
  2. Step 2: make sure that your alternator is functioning properly and maintaining the battery(s) charge.
  3. Step 3: check the cables – ensure that all terminal connections are clean and secure. Ensure that ground connections are also clean and secure.
  4. Step 4: check the actual key-switch operator – if the engine doesn’t start don’t keep cranking the starter because it will most certainly burn out.

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Starters Can Fail Due To Low Battery voltage

It is easy to determine when a starter fails as a result of low battery voltage. Typically what happens is the excess current created as a result of the low voltage causes the contact within the solenoid to weld together or even burn through. Welded contacts can cause the starter to stay engaged with the engines ring-gear and should the engine actually start the high revolutions will cause the starter to blow apart inside.

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