14.4 volts on the headlamps

["Cordeiro, Alan" <Alan.Cordeiro@mts.com>]

>And if that is acceptable and I relay my headlights, running 14.4V to
>bulbs designed for 13.5 (or so) will shorten the live expectancy of the
>bulb, won't it? I think I would be better off to add a resistor into the
>circuit to cut the voltage down by 1 volt to 13.4V.

>Comments, opinions?

NO!!! NO!!! NO!! please NO RESISTOR. ( if you are really
concerned, just remove the relay you added.....kind of 
counter productive, right?

You should be glad you are getting 14.4, but I would suspect
your voltmeter, its rare those alternators give out over 14.0 volts

Which reminds me, Mark Pollan suggested his alternator went south
at 253,000 miles. I suspect it may have been alternator #2, or at least
the brushes were replaced between 125,000 and 175,000.

Alan Cordeiro
(  1986 5kQ, reman alternator from Murrays, at about 140,000 miles, lifetime
warranty, naturally...)