 Dimming lights |
 Feb 27 2007, 07:00 PM
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I have had this issue for many months and recently have decided to try and solve it. I know that when stopped with my, lights/ac/defrost/radio/brake pedal pushed the volt reading off my turbo timing drops considerably hence the dimming of the lights. Sometimes the volts will slowly rise back up to 13.5 and sometime they stay down as low as 12.2. At idle I tested the the terminals with a volt meter and it reads 14.3v. According to what I have been reading this tells me the altenator is working fine....could the regulator in the altenator be bad......any thoughts on this. I am getting ready to start doing some other mods and thought I would try and get this out of the way.
Jordan I have already tried a grounding kit and that didn't help. |
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Feb 28 2007, 09:50 AM
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 Eats and sleeps DSM jargin. Group: Members Posts: 1,995 Joined: 27-November 04 From: Yates City IL Member No.: 389 |
Check the belt tension too. Since it's not self adjusting the belt can get loose and the voltage will drop due to slippage.
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jbiggs97 Dimming lights Feb 27 2007, 07:00 PM
97TalonTSI Mine goes as low as 12.5 sometimes to. But I am s... Feb 27 2007, 07:24 PM JBone Are you saying that you have all those accessories... Feb 28 2007, 12:21 AM jbiggs97 I should have said just one of two of those at a t... Feb 28 2007, 04:18 PM JBone The lights (head and brake) and defroster are the ... Feb 28 2007, 04:45 PM doayamaha i would say that your battery isn't take a cha... Mar 1 2007, 05:09 PM
ncgalant QUOTE (JBone @ Feb 28 2007, 04:45 PM)The ligh... Mar 1 2007, 07:42 PM |
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