[DJ J-Roc]

I have a a 91 Z28, 305tpi, and previously owned an 89 IROC as well. Both cars gave me the same problem for some reason. The IROC was not so bad with it as my 91.

Have any of you ever had a problem with not holding a good charge and killing alternators? I swear it seems like I go through alternators like underwear. I'll put a new one on, and after a while it just goes to the crapper. ie. Had to buy a new one on the way home from Florida. Got stuck in S.C. Anyway, that was about three years ago. In 2000 I leased a Jeep Grand so I put my Camaro away for a while. I kept up on regular maintnence though, and started it once a week or so. I turned my lease in so now its back to my Camaro. I've had no problems over the last 3 months, but all of a sudden yesterday I noticed my volt guage was way down. The car was running off the battery only. The battery I bought just over a year ago from Sears.....Delco Gold or something like that. Even when I use my power windows, rear defrost, or wipers, I can see the guage go down a little. On the average stays just under the 13volt mark on the guage, maybe 10 or 11.

So my main question: I rarely drove it for three years, put a new battery in, with the fairly new alt, and it took a dump. Has anybody ever had this happen? What are possible fixes/causes?