I have the standard lucas alternator. As far as I'm aware it doesn't
have an uprated output. It came out of another spit from the graveyard,
the car was a runner. Is there a way of determining the output from the
alternator? What does 'ACU' stand for?
John & Saskia
--- Laura Gharazeddine <Laura.G@141.com> wrote: > > I bought a multimeter
yesterday and checked the battery, the results
> > were:
> >
> > engine not running - 12.9V
> > engine idling, no extras - 16.9V
> > engine revving, heater, lights, wipers, stereo, indicators - 16.5V
> >
> > Which seems to suggest that the battery/new alternator is very
> healthy,
> > although the 16V readings were higher than I expected.
>
> What type of altenator do you have?
>
> Although this
> > morning driving to work with lights/heat/stereo on the car seemed to
> > struggle at around 3000-4000rpm (after that I cut the
> > lights/heat/stereo). I don't know if this is another problem(clutch
> > slipping maybe?) or if it suggests that the alternator wasn't the
> problem
> > and my battery is getting drained because of another problem
> somewhere
> > along the line. Or I might just be being paranoid as I often do after
> > something breaks on Saskia, I seem to notice any oddities about the
> car
> > and instantly attribute it to whatever the last problem I had was! I
> > wish I didn't worry so much!
>
> Haha! I do the same thing! And if I'm tired, multiply that paranoia by
> 10!
>
> Laura G.
>
>
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