[DML] Re: Alternator output

["David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If the battery is low the voltmeter will read low until it brings it
back up to a full charge. The guage will also read low for the
following reasons:
Loose belt
Bad output diode
Bad ground for the guages (check by the front left tire on the frame)
Dirty battery connection
Bad battery
You can have the battery and alternator tested for free usually at
most large chain stores like Sears, the other things you can check
yourself.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote:
> Now here's a question that I should be able to answer with my 
> background but I like to hear what other folks have to say:
> 
> Today when I started my car for the drive home from reserve duty I 
> observed that the voltmeter now reads just below 13V instead of just 
> above. I've lost maybe 1 volt.
> 
> The discharge light remains -completely- dark. It does light as it 
> should when putting the key to "run" with the engine off so the bulb 
> is not burned out.
> 
> All loads (lights, fans, etc) draw the same amount as they did 
> before, it's just as if the "range" has shifted on the meter. I had 
> this alternator rebuilt around a year ago. Is it dying already or is 
> there a ground somewhere dorking up the gauge?
> 
> Rich A.
> #5335




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