voltage

[Edmond]

Hello everyone,

Just recently changed out the bad alternator in my 88' and the volts are running consistently at 13.8 Is that good enough?

 

[vigman]

13.8

Good 2 GO!


Vig!

 

[Shadowing1985v]

i sprayed paint my alt chrome

and now its making a noise in the bearings,, jeeze

i put some oil on it, i will see if this fix's it

 

[Shadowing1985v]

well crap

my alt just went out,, i drove home today on my battery


i alays thoguht my lite was coming on cause i was using more juice then i was putting out,, but really i wasn't it was just warning me


but i guess that lite means my alt isn't putting out the volts

i was putting out 10.5


if it puts out 10.5 can this make me lose performace on my engine
cause its been like this for liek 7 months and it finally went out

 

[Drewser]

Are you just kidding or what?

Do you know why they call it an idiot light?
Do you know why they sell the battery as a 12v and not a 10.5v?
Do you know why most people don't put paint in their alternator?

But hey--this is all covered in the Haynes manual, in chapter 4, subsection 3, paragraph 8, verses 6-12. After all, it is the only book you will ever need to know everything there is to know about a stock engine

 

[Shadowing1985v]

acctually

the other day i did need the stock guide
cause i lost a bolt
and i needed to know what size it was."it took me forever to find the size". so i guess i do need one of those books
hopefully i can get one off ebay for 20 bucks



well the car ran fine fo rlike a year or so
and i guess i really jus tnever thought about it
it just started doing 10.5 today

it used to do liek 12 i think

 

[Ken]

Drewser, Spiderman, and anybody else -- don't even think about it!

_ken

 

[topless82vette]

ken

whatever happened to the old say you can think about it but DON'T do it

 

[Ken]

Think all you want. :L

_ken

 

[BigRed]

Hey all Im under the impression that 12.5-14.5 is the "green" limits. Am I correct? I need to know because Im setting up my Capacitor soon and I need to know what to look for (Especially considering Im running a 2 week old Alternator)

Right now at a LONG idle I run 12.5 when driving or as soon as I hit the gas I get into the mid 13's. When Stereos pumpin I run 12.8-13.0 and at a LONG Idle with Stereo on the car wants to die LOL at high 11's:Roll

Thanks

 

[Ken]

Hey all Im under the impression that 12.5-14.5 is the "green" limits. Am I correct?

In a word, yes.

_ken