charging problems
HilltopM&M
10-04-2009, 03:44 PM
have a '97 chrysler concorde with a 3.5
the charging system only puts around 11.81 V touching the + side of the batt and the - side of the batt with a volt meter with the car running when the car was off it read 12.11 V touching my meter leads in the same place if i touched my meter leads to the back of the alt. and to the - side of the batt it varies between 32.29 - 33.34 V if i touch the back of the alt. to the + side of the batt my meter varies between 20.91 - 22.06 V car has a 2 day old batt, 2-3 day old computer, about a month old alt. and just had it checked 2 days ago and it checked out good by autozone, brand new neg batt wire to the bellhousing, the car will only run around 30-40 min. and it will die while drivin up the road checked the wires off the back of the alt the are only 3 we traced them to the next connection and they checked out good with 0.0 voltage drop
the charging system only puts around 11.81 V touching the + side of the batt and the - side of the batt with a volt meter with the car running when the car was off it read 12.11 V touching my meter leads in the same place if i touched my meter leads to the back of the alt. and to the - side of the batt it varies between 32.29 - 33.34 V if i touch the back of the alt. to the + side of the batt my meter varies between 20.91 - 22.06 V car has a 2 day old batt, 2-3 day old computer, about a month old alt. and just had it checked 2 days ago and it checked out good by autozone, brand new neg batt wire to the bellhousing, the car will only run around 30-40 min. and it will die while drivin up the road checked the wires off the back of the alt the are only 3 we traced them to the next connection and they checked out good with 0.0 voltage drop
Airjer_
10-04-2009, 04:48 PM
if i touch the back of the alt. to the + side of the batt my meter varies between 20.91 - 22.06 V
That's quite the voltage drop and pretty convenient that its almost exactly 12volts less the the voltage test from the back of the alt to the - side of the battery. I would be suspicious of the cable between the alt and the battery.
That's quite the voltage drop and pretty convenient that its almost exactly 12volts less the the voltage test from the back of the alt to the - side of the battery. I would be suspicious of the cable between the alt and the battery.
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