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Eatmyclutch 07-09-2008 10:10 PM

Quick voltage question for all of you.
 
Before and after warm up (drive-time), what does your voltmeter on your gauge cluster read?

Mine goes from 12 to 13.1, that is if .1 V is even possible.

josh18_2k 07-09-2008 10:24 PM

should be 14.7
your alt may be dying, lose connection, belt slipping, etc

Kentetsu 07-10-2008 12:04 AM

Or corroded cables...

85rx-7gsl-se 07-10-2008 12:06 AM

My S4 alternator doesn't put out anything until I rev it up once, then starts putting out like normal, kinda weird.

Phoenix7 07-10-2008 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eatmyclutch (Post 32893)
Before and after warm up (drive-time), what does your voltmeter on your gauge cluster read?

Mine goes from 12 to 13.1, that is if .1 V is even possible.

ALternator comes to mind first. I had a weird one: The output cable was bad and kept killing the voltage regulator.

Quote:

Originally Posted by josh18_2k (Post 32898)
should be 14.7
your alt may be dying, lose connection, belt slipping, etc

+1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kentetsu (Post 32910)
Or corroded cables...

+1

Quote:

Originally Posted by 85rx-7gsl-se (Post 32911)
My S4 alternator doesn't put out anything until I rev it up once, then starts putting out like normal, kinda weird.

I did that for a few months. Expect your alt to crap out soon. Worse case scenario: You blow your electrical system from an overload. When you rev and it adjusts the voltage it may mean the voltage regulator is dying/faulty. It COULD ZAP your electrical system just as easy as it undercharges it. Keep an eye out and test the voltage at the B-terminal.

Learned most of that from RETed.

85rx-7gsl-se 07-10-2008 01:08 AM

Well hopefully not as its freshly rebuilt :D

Phoenix7 07-10-2008 01:17 AM

so was mine, twice. The wire kept killing it. It's been at least a month already and no problems after bypassing the stock output wire.

Whizbang 07-10-2008 08:12 AM

mine always were in the 14.4 ish range.

Jeff20B 07-10-2008 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 85rx-7gsl-se (Post 32911)
My S4 alternator doesn't put out anything until I rev it up once, then starts putting out like normal, kinda weird.

Mine did that when the T-shaped connector fell out the back. Plugged it back in and worked like stock again.

Eatmyclutch 07-10-2008 07:46 PM

It could just be the battery, may need a recharge.

I made a thread before about my batteries keep on dying, which turned out to be a faulty alt. I didn't replace that battery so that maybe it.

The voltage been this way since I replaced a new alt.

Phoenix7 07-10-2008 09:36 PM

go to Kragen's and have them test the battery.


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