LowTech
Mech Wrangler
So I've been having some issues w/ the Alt. Sometimes it puts out voltage in the high 13s and sometimes nothing. Depending on when I've checked it I have thought it was working great and other times not at all.
Did a 50 mile one way run to get a battery for our other vehicle (which they ended up not having) and coming back after dark the voltage was reading 12.4v w/ the headlights on. We ended up spending the night in a parking lot while a sand storm raged outside. The next day got a jump and drove until reaching camp. Voltage was low when we arrived but the e-pump was still pushing.
Did some testing and got the voltage to kick up when I moved the heavy gauge wire from the alt to the batt, though "Found it!" Pulled that wire off cleaned the ends (not really corroded) and reattached.
I let it sit on the trickle charger for a couple days and then started it today. This time I did a bit move testing at idle and at higher rpms as well as from the alt and the battery terminals.
The reading were the same from the terminals and the alt itself but the voltage ranged from the low 12v to high 13.9v and really quickly.
Does this sound like a bad regulator? Or is there something else that could cause this?
Did a 50 mile one way run to get a battery for our other vehicle (which they ended up not having) and coming back after dark the voltage was reading 12.4v w/ the headlights on. We ended up spending the night in a parking lot while a sand storm raged outside. The next day got a jump and drove until reaching camp. Voltage was low when we arrived but the e-pump was still pushing.
Did some testing and got the voltage to kick up when I moved the heavy gauge wire from the alt to the batt, though "Found it!" Pulled that wire off cleaned the ends (not really corroded) and reattached.
I let it sit on the trickle charger for a couple days and then started it today. This time I did a bit move testing at idle and at higher rpms as well as from the alt and the battery terminals.
The reading were the same from the terminals and the alt itself but the voltage ranged from the low 12v to high 13.9v and really quickly.
Does this sound like a bad regulator? Or is there something else that could cause this?