From what you described, it didn't sound like your alternator was bad. I could have suggested what was just mentioned, I have done that too. Do not reconnect the battery while the car is running on the alternator, you could blow the regulator.
You said you could run the car with all the accessories on, and everything was good. At that point, you need to check your battery, if you are running on your battery, you won't be able to keep everything going very long.
After you check out the alternator, and if it's fine, disconnect the negative lead of your battery, and put a multimeter in between the negative cable and the negative terminal. Set the multimeter to amps, and see if any current is flowing. If it is, you have a short. By turning on and off each accessory, you can find what is drawing the current.
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Originally Posted by cooljess76  Excellent lazoh, I'll try that tonight after dinner. IIRC, somebody said not to hook the positive cable back up while the engine is running because you could fry something, so I'll just diconnect it and see what happens and then shut the engine off before I reconnect it. That is if the car doesn't die on me when I disconnect it.
BTW, If anyone dissagrees with what I'm doing, please speak up because I don't want to blow anything, lol. I'm going to do it in about an hour, so I'll check back here before and then post back with the results. |