We had a this problem at the way to Belfast im May and the car made about 100miles with just the battery. With everything else off and a almost fully charged battery - no problem. Elvis Hi guys, It looks like my alternator croaked on my way to work today and my battery light came on with expected lower voltage reading. I need to get my car home in order to service it and I'm trying to gauge my odds of driving it home. What is a ballpark expected distance/time I should count on getting out of my car running without a working alternator but with a good battery? I have a 35 minute drive covering 20 miles. My gut feel is that I should be able to drive it home, but if I'm way off, I'd rather know beforehand so I don't end up along the road somewhere. Knut To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/