Subject: window issues...Low voltage?

[Joshua Van Tol]

>i belieive its very difficult to blow anythig electrical from the 
>alternator as the battery acts as a buffer/damper if you like, now 
>if the battery is removed with the engine running it becomes very 
>easy to damage stuff.......

Actually, if an alternator runs full blast, it'll boil all the 
electrolyte out of the battery, and then the voltage will creep up. 
And things will burn out. Usually the light bulbs will all be blown, 
the radio, engine computer, etc, all have a chance of going too.

I've seen this particular failure several times, although not on audis.
-- 
Joshua Van Tol -- josh at spiny.com