Measure the voltage both when the engine is running and not.
Make sure the battery is making at least 11.75 volts or so,
and see if the alternator is making at least
13.25 volts or so.
Or switch to a reliable Lucas alternator. Mine has never
given me any problem in 10 years.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 01:49 PM 5/30/02, Douglas Frank wrote:
>Barry Schwartz wrote:
>>
>> Any body have any good ideas as to why I am blowing alternators? This is
>> an AC Delco 63 amp and I've gone through two in the span of a couple weeks.
>...
>> I'm beginning to
>> suspect the battery however it's only a couple of years old itself and all
>> cells full- but that's is all I can think of - unless you guys can come up
>
>Good call-- may be an internal short in the battery.
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