So this weekend I took a two hour drive to take the Kennedy Mine Tour near Jackson Rancheria casino. After the tour, the car wouldn't start. All the usual things happened but did not hear the fuel pump and then got nothing when turning the key all the way. Now I know, this has happened before to me but usually I clean the battery posts and terminals a couple of times and then the car will start. Battery is only maybe 6 months old.

But this time I kept turning the key and sometimes my door locks would go crazy. So anyway, cleaned the battery terminals like 5 times and I had someone there give me a jump. Didn't seem to help or maybe we didn't wait long enough. Called triple A and they just used a battery booster and the car started right up.

Voltmeter doesn't seem to indicate anything wrong. Showed 14 today. Yesterday was at 13 when in park. When I turn everything on in my driveway (brake light, A/C, lights, turn signal, radio, etc.), might drop down to 11 or 10.5.

Or could it just be I had too many things drawing from the battery? During the two hour drive, we did have the A/C on, the radio, and plugged into the cagarette ligther was my Garmin and my brother had his portable Blue Ray Player plugged in to the power point. Traffic was light that early on Sunday so it wasn't stop and go traffic mostly.