New Battery and new alternator car died and wont start

[hottwheels04]

Well everything seems to be fine with the starter are fine I had my neighbor thats a mecanic help me he did some tests with a test light and volt meter, The battery I just bought and the alternator is new, so we were thinking the starter,but I just plugged my new battery in my trickle charger and it seems the battery is already dead, so that sounds like its the new alternator is no good? I have a problem some where this is the 2nd alternator and battery so what can be killing my batterys?

 

[ttocs]

its not unheard of to get a bad alt/batt out of the box. When you start the car what is the voltage? If its 13+ your alt is probably ok but if not then its your battery.

 

[Hoseitdown]

I changed the starter like 3 times on my car over a loose battery cable. That learnt me. lol Dads always right.

 

[ttocs]

I know you said you checked the grounds and they all looked good but if you didn't, I would recomend taking them off, cleaning both sides with some sand paper and then tightening them down if you did not already. Just seen a barely-bad ground connection slowly build up resistance and cause a problem too many times.

 

[hottwheels04]

I will be checking my grounds for sure again next, I will let you know how it goes this weekend. Thanks hope I can figure it out soon