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2006 nissan altima battery shows 12.73 volts on the multimeter but every thing electronic in the car seems like it has a weak battery. When I turn the key to start the car I get nothing at all and the volts drop to 6.5. When i take out the ignition fuse under the hood everything in the car electronically works great but i just cant start. any ideas? Im thinking the starter is gone and its drawing to many amps and thats why it makes every thing in car goes funny.

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The proper voltage acceptable is 12.4 volts (across the battery) this test does not test the seperate cells.due to the excessive drop in voltage I think your battery has a bad cell in it.A good battery might drop to 11.8 but 6.5 your battery is no good.

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