Ericspyder

Hi all,

I need advice about my charging system. I have 2012 F with 62K miles. I measured my battery is about 12.5VDC. When I turn on my car at idle, it's reading 13.3VDC. Is it too low for the F? I could not start the car this morning. I have to have a jump. I also have a dashcam direct connect to 12V supply. Do you think the Alternator is bad? or the Dash cam draw juice out of the battery overnight? Thank you for all advices.

Ericspyder

Rainheart

Take a look at this thread:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...sues-swap.html

It sounds to me that 13.3V at idle is normal.

lobuxracer

iTrader: (2)

It is with a lead acid battery for sure. I've measured mine and that's exactly what it did shortly after starting.

Ericspyder

Thank you all for your advices. I hope nothing wrong with mine. Will see a few days later.

duttymon

I was in the exact same spot a couple months ago. I thought my parking cam drained the battery and put a lot of stress on the alternator, but turns out I just needed to recharge the battery overnight with a trickle charger.

Ericspyder

I disconnect my parking cam last night, it was fine this morning. Thanks for the advice.

duttymon

I bought a battery pack and now use it to power the cam while in parking mode. Problem went away. Money well spent.

Ericspyder

Could take a picture of your battery pack, and tell me how do you hook it up? thank you.

duttymon

I used this link as a guide. Very simple to do, just take your time.

Ericspyder

Thank you.