Charging problem

[Joshua Van Tol]

>try your voltmeter on the battery terminals
>with the car running note the voltage than turn your car off and watch your
>voltmeter for about 5 min
>to see if the voltage drops if it drops you need a new battery
>and if you replace the alternator try just replacing the brushes first
>that's the problem with them %80
>of the time


Yeah, but the original poster said they found excessive ripple, which 
would indicate bad diodes, not bad brushes.
-- 
Joshua Van Tol -- josh at spiny.com