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Re: Bel, and Alternator woes



>	What I found was that even when many of the high-draw accessories 
>were on, the alternator was indeed putting out 14 volts!  I found that 
>the big wire from the alternator to the battery typically dropped 0.1 
>volts, and channel 11 was still reading in the 10s with the blower on.  
>The only thing I can figure is that maybe channel 11 reads between the 
>blower and ground, so 14 - 10 = 4 volts, would be the voltage drop across 
>the blower.

DING, DING, Ding.... I too did the same thing when I was getting REALLY 
Depressed over the "Low" Voltage that my charging system was putting 
out.....  Silly Electrons.

Later!


Eric Fletcher
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B
St. Louis, MO

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