A car will continue to run on an alternator with a bad battery, but not a
generator. If you use a fully charged battery, with a bad charging system
(generator/voltage regulator) it will run untill the battery depletes. If
battery is dead and other components good, it will no trun, because battery
will not holsd a charge
On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 9:35 PM, PG <britishcars@shaw.ca> wrote:
> The car starts on jumpers from another vehicle..but, as soon as the jumpers
> are taken away, the car dies...
>
>
>
> Even if the battery is bad, should the car not run on the generator?
> Unless
> of course, it is bad. It reads about 12 volts but vascilates sometimes
> down to 4 or 5 volts then back up again...rapidly. The Battery is old and
> is likely finished. However, should the car not run regardless?
>
>
>
> Paul
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