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<blockquote data-quote="HardofWhoring" data-source="post: 8863491" data-attributes="member: 674149">Well, you won&#039;t burn out your alt, and you won&#039;t damage your equipment, you will just get less power.&nbsp;&nbsp; If anything, I would THINK that with a serious voltage drop the biggest concern is going to be problems to the vehicle itself.&nbsp;&nbsp; I know dropping to 13v won&#039;t do much, but you may see your lights dim.&nbsp;&nbsp; You start dropping below that/12v, I could only guess you might cause a sensor fault from lack of voltage, might cause problems to your ignition including a misfire from coils not sending a full spark.&nbsp;&nbsp; You drop it low enough you could kill the battery if you pull too much voltage and are still trying to keep the stereo up.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Amps have a working voltage, so if you drop below that, I would only guess it would go into protect. I&#039;m surprised nobody has a better answer though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HardofWhoring, post: 8863491, member: 674149"] Well, you won't burn out your alt, and you won't damage your equipment, you will just get less power. If anything, I would THINK that with a serious voltage drop the biggest concern is going to be problems to the vehicle itself. I know dropping to 13v won't do much, but you may see your lights dim. You start dropping below that/12v, I could only guess you might cause a sensor fault from lack of voltage, might cause problems to your ignition including a misfire from coils not sending a full spark. You drop it low enough you could kill the battery if you pull too much voltage and are still trying to keep the stereo up. Amps have a working voltage, so if you drop below that, I would only guess it would go into protect. I'm surprised nobody has a better answer though. [/QUOTE]

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