Re: charging problem when starting

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

At 10:01 AM 1/10/99 -0500, Eric Hoover wrote:
>over the past few months, it seems every time i start the car, the
>alternator is not
>coming 'ON'.  By this i mean the alt light comes on and my voltmeter reads
>about 10 V.
>A quick jab on the gas and the voltage comes up to 13+ V and the light goes
>out.  The engine
>has all the extra ground wiring done.
>
>any ideas ?????
>
>- HOOV
>'88 16V
>
>

<SIGH>

Been answering this alot lately. 

Rest easy, this is not a problem.

Before the voltage regulator will 'latch' you need to get the Alt. up to a
nominal operating voltage.  This behaviour is normal.

hth,
TBerk

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