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Old 04-20-2013   #11
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Default Re: Alternator killer

Time to crack out the DVM and start checking things
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Old 04-21-2013   #12
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but if the signal from the car (alt control pair) is zero
then the alt could still be ok.
Yup - sure could. I always thought that if the alternator was turning, it was outputting juice (if working properly).

Such ain't the case.

I had a BAT light on my '94 once. Put a multimeter on the Field Output on the alternator, and got no reading. Bad alternator - right?

Put on a new PREMIUM built unit, and didn't even test it (wasn't a daily driver).

Couple days later, was in the mood for a cruise, and pulled the trigger. BAT LIGHT. HUH?

Chased EVERYthing with a multimeter for 3 1/2 hours, then a buddy at Advance said maybe a fuse is popped. Can't be, I said.

Ain't the first time I was wrong, probably won't be the last either.
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Old 04-27-2013   #13
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Problemo solved,although the bat wire connector was firmly crimped to the insulation, but it had cracked and bent and no longer contacting the wire. I replaced the connector....14.4 volts
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Old 04-28-2013   #14
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Problemo solved,although the bat wire connector was firmly crimped to the insulation, but it had cracked and bent and no longer contacting the wire. I replaced the connector....14.4 volts

Good to hear. Another ZR-1 back on the road.
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Old 04-28-2013   #15
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Good find Lee electrical crap drives me bat crazy
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Old 04-28-2013   #16
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GC, I had an 87 with a battery drain about took apart the entire car, ended up being the dash....I am challenged in the electrical dept.
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