Sorry-More alternator questions

[ranahan@charter.net (John Erickson)]

Have you had the battery tested?  Volt meters measure the condition of the 
battery, not the charging system.

More:
http://www.intelab.com/swem/elecramb.htm

John.
Long Beach.


At 07:23 PM 8/21/2002 -0600, Ken B wrote:
>Is this unusual?    11.8V at the battery posts @ idle......11.8V  @ 2500
>RPM.  even if there is a load, like my H1/H4s on "flash to pass"  the output
>is 11.4 - 11.4
>this is the "new" alt from BowWow, my original was even worse
>The grounds are "stock" but cleaned up and rebolted.  And I get the same
>results when I put a big 'ol jumper cable direct from the neg post to the
>alt housing..as per the guy at BowWows advice for testing for poor grounds.
>Did I jump to conclusions by taking the alt back?
>The bench test at Shucks/Kragen/whatever said it made just under 13.
>
>Ken
>1979 Scirocco  "McFly"
>16v conversion "...it's working....It's WORKING...!"
>tracing electrical gremlins now...
>VORTEX:  "Indiana Red"
>
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