Checking Alternators (WAS:charging...)

["Marc A. Levy" <malevy@xxxx>]

A note on this..

I like to get Alternators checked at a store that sells Alternators (like Pep Boys). After they test yours and tell you it is no good, ask them to test the new one. 50% of the time the new one is bad too... Or is it.

It usually turns out that the untrained store employee has no idea how to use the tester, and never wondered why every alternator he/she has ever tested has been bad!


-----Original Message-----
From: jtrealtywebspannet [mailto:jtrealty@xxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:38 PM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] Re: charging system failure


There is a good chance you did something to the alternater (like got 
too much water inside it and now somewthing shorted out). Go to Sears 
or someplace like them and most shops will test your alternater and 
battery for free. Then you can decide what to do. In all likelyhood 
<SNIP>