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Old 06-09-2011, 07:38 PM   #6
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Autozone tester is hit and miss. Sometimes it won't detect a bad diode trio (rectifier bridge). This is probaby your problem. Get a new alternator, retest.
this is also very true.
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Originally Posted by JJ Alfano View Post
Do you mean stick a multimeter on the positive terminal?
Yeah on the pos and neg on battery, turn on and make sure its between 13.8 and 14.6 (i think). Then put a load on it headlights on and heater fan on high. It will drop a bit but then return back to the normal range.
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