[s-cars] alternator

[LL - NY]

I'd agree with your assesment. Probably died before the light, although,
believe it or not, they're usually pretty sensitive to voltage drops, they're 
pretty elegant in design.

LL - NY


On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:06:22 -0800 (PST), Theodore Chen
<tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> > Theodore Chen wrote:
> > > alternator in my '92 S4 died yesterday.  had to get the car towed.
> > > i was driving across a long bridge.  the alternator warning light came
> > > on.  i kept going, hoping to make it to the other side of the bridge before
> > > the car stopped.  just as i got to the first exit on the other side, the
> > > car died.
> >
> > You should have gotten a lot further than across the bridge.
> > Did you have the lights and heater blower on? The radio?
> > Wipers? If so, you should have shut all that stuff off. I've
> > driven for up to a half hour on just a battery.  (Of course,
> > I guess you could have been in stop and go traffic for a half
> > hour trying to get over a bridge.)
> 
> the san mateo bridge, including the approaches, is nearly 10 miles long,
> and it was during rush hour.
> 
> also, i had noticed earlier in the day that the windows seemed to be
> moving rather slowly but didn't give any thought to it.  i had the radio
> and HVAC going all day.  the indicator light didn't go on until i was
> approaching the bridge and had passed the last exit before the bridge.
> 
> once the light went on, i shut down all the electrical stuff.
> 
> i think the alternator was failing before the light went on, but the
> light didn't go on until the voltage was quite low.
> 
> -teddy
> 
> 
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