Originally posted by Rogerm60:
If the ouput volatge goes over 15 volts, the regulator is bad and will damage the battery. The regulator is inside of the alternator.
What should it read when the engines off and after I start/revv the engine?
Im assuming that the voltage would stay the same when the engines running and when I rev the engine.
If its the regulator in the alternator is it possible to just change that instead of getting a new alternator? Also how would I go about making sure that it really is the regulator?
In my searching I found that changing the alternator is either hard or harder. Im hoping that this would be easier... Ill do a search for something about the regulator on here.
Any more ideas would be great. Hopefully I can narrow it down. Tomorrow after work Im gonna try to take readings from all the spots mention dbird mentioned... Even though I got confused as all hell with some of the math you were talking about... The battery I have now is fine... Does that mean I can cut out the math?
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