Joe Palatinus wrote: > Yesterday, when I began to drive around everything seemed normal. > I went to school fine, but then then I was on my way to a friends house, > I noticed that the voltage was down to 8, and that the battery light was > beggining to come on faintly. Obviously you have an intermittent electrical problem. > Should I remove the alternator and take it to an auto parts > store to have them test it, or am I jumping into this problem too > fast? This can't hurt, since some places will test an alternator for free and it is always good to know how well the little rascal is working. I suspect that your alternator is just fine, though. In my experience, when an alternator goes dead it stays dead. You probably have a dirty or corroded ground connection somewhere that is making intermittent contact. This would make sense in the context you presented . . . as your car heats up, contact is broken somewhere. I'm not an expert on grounds, but I remember that DMC Houston included a useful explanation of electrical ground problems in one of their emailgrams last year. It helped me out with a problem similar to yours. These are archived at their website: www.usadmc.com The DML back issues also contain some discussions of electrical problems like yours and their solutions. Good luck! - Mike Substelny