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altinator good or stuffed, td42 gq
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altinator good or stuffed, td42 gq
Hi all, just wonder wat volts should the altinator be charging at the battery>?? my gq is a 93 with 350k+ksIdle is at 12.8-13, full rpm IS ONLY 13.8 IS THIS CORRECT> if no wat is.. can get 2x different new altinators, one is a 9amp or there is a 120 amp one. $350-$550
And if is wasn't stuffed before, it surely will be after doing this....familybus wrote:just disconnect your battery while its runnin and if it stalls then its stuffed! afaik
Never run a vehicle without a battery connected to the alternator.
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13v at idle, 13.8v at speed sounds ok.
Is that 13v at idle measured shortly after starting? If so, it may increase a bit after recharging the drain that cranking took out.
Check your battery voltage after it's been sitting overnight or longer - if it's around 12.6-12.7v then your alternator is charging it fine.
Is that 13v at idle measured shortly after starting? If so, it may increase a bit after recharging the drain that cranking took out.
Check your battery voltage after it's been sitting overnight or longer - if it's around 12.6-12.7v then your alternator is charging it fine.
altinator
Have dual battery in it had arb smart solinoid batterys both went flat after bout 2-3 weeks driveing 2hours to and from work everyday with the arb fridge hooked up and running on 1(lowest setting). thought solinoid was stuffed. so put a basic solinoid , sorta dose the same thing, turned the fridge off and it seems fine.....??? batterys are 1 year old heavy duty... 
Before buying a new alternator, try running a new heavier cable direct from your alt charge bort to the positive on your battery and see if your charge increeses, probably will. Patrol's never actually had a thick enough cable for the alternator and as they get older they get worse. I'm running 2B&S cable for mine because i now have a 120 amp alt on mine and i had the cable lying there, but ithink you'll see a voltage jump if you do run a heavier cable, 6 or 4 B&S should be heaps.
your alt is fine , just the bodgey factory wiring is no good
run another cable from your battery though a fuseable link and to your alt ( ie: double up on your main chargeing wire ) , and there should be 2 more wires leave the white with red stripe wire in place and cut off the white wire leaving enough on the plug end to join another wire to it , then run this wire to your battery ,
this white wire is the voltage sense wire and on the factory loom it just joins into the charge wire 2-300 mm up from the alt , so it is sensing the voltage in this wire and not the battery , if you do get a bigger alt i would do this anyway as the bigger alt will need a bigger wire to make use of the extra amps
run another cable from your battery though a fuseable link and to your alt ( ie: double up on your main chargeing wire ) , and there should be 2 more wires leave the white with red stripe wire in place and cut off the white wire leaving enough on the plug end to join another wire to it , then run this wire to your battery ,
this white wire is the voltage sense wire and on the factory loom it just joins into the charge wire 2-300 mm up from the alt , so it is sensing the voltage in this wire and not the battery , if you do get a bigger alt i would do this anyway as the bigger alt will need a bigger wire to make use of the extra amps
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