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Old 07-10-2008, 12:59 AM   #5
Phoenix7
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Originally Posted by Eatmyclutch View Post
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.

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Originally Posted by josh18_2k View Post
should be 14.7
your alt may be dying, lose connection, belt slipping, etc
+1

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Originally Posted by Kentetsu View Post
Or corroded cables...
+1

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Originally Posted by 85rx-7gsl-se View Post
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.
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But I've learned that people that don't like guns, tend to like stretched tires.

Which makes perfect sense. They are sacrificing safety either way. lol


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