Alternator voltage

[Smallblock454]

Maybe you should connect a voltmeter to your battery instead of reading manuals?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Smallblock454

Maybe you should connect a voltmeter to your battery instead of reading manuals?

Besides reading the manuals, I also fix them for a living. At 14.1V, that alternator is well within specifications. I still think he should be testing for voltage drop across the cables as that would lower the applied voltage at the radio.

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

Besides reading the manuals, I also fix them for a living. At 14.1V, that alternator is well within specifications. I still think he should be testing for voltage drop across the cables as that would lower the applied voltage at the radio.

He has a high voltage problem, not low. You are so worried about being right that you're not even addressing the correct issue.

Why people think you know something is beyond me. You've never posted a single thing from your own brain. You just regurgitate others work, sometimes inaccurately.
Seriously. Step down from your self-made pedestal. You look ridiculous.

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by particlewave

He has a high voltage problem, not low. You are so worried about being right that you're not even addressing the correct issue.

Why people think you know something is beyond me. You've never posted a single thing from your own brain. You just regurgitate others work, sometimes inaccurately.
Seriously. Step down from your self-made pedestal. You look ridiculous.

Well, we see Becker equipped cars regularly that are running 14.2 to 14.4V at the alternator, and the radios do not cut out. So unless he has checked voltage at the radio itself, I would still be looking at voltage drop across the cables as the Becker's also are known to drop out at low voltages as well. Checking voltage drop cost nothing, replacing an alternator or voltage regulator that there is nothing wrong with is a waste of money and time.

Now who looks ridiculous?