jmilch Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Start the car, remove the positive wire from the alternator to the battery, and take a reading of just the alternator with a working DMM....What do you get? Quote Pioneer AVH-P4300DVD | Hertz 6.5 | Alpine Type R 6x9 | Custom 200A Alt | Knu Flek 1/0 Big 3 and all wiring | Eclipse EA3422 | AudioQue 2200d | DC XL 12 | Red Oak Box ~2.8 cubes @ 30 hz | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stee-Z Posted August 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Start the car, remove the positive wire from the alternator to the battery, and take a reading of just the alternator with a working DMM....What do you get? il try tomorow man, the werid thing is..if the reading was correct at 10.5 v with old alt... when i took the pos off shuldnt it run sluggish? or shut off at that type of voltage?, because when i did it with old alt it ran.. FINE, so maybe just .. idk what you call it.. the cheap battery tester the shit out on me.. read wrong? Quote (4)DD 9918's (2)DC 10k 8 6.5" focals 2 DD SS4 mid amps Audison Bit One processor Jl-cl-rlc line driver iPad in dash Dual Irragi 320a alts 8 batcaps 4000's Second Skin sound deadened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyDontWantMusic Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Start the car, remove the positive wire from the alternator to the battery, and take a reading of just the alternator with a working DMM....What do you get? don't do that, thats a great way to kill the alternator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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