HO Alternator problems

[Oak244 10+ year member]

Well I just reread an email that had the sales pitch in it for this Alt. He said it would do 100 Amps at idle. I can tell at idle my Alternator is not working. At idle a volt meter shows I only have 12.3 Volts, and reved up it gets 14.5. Also driving home tonight I noticed that my lights dim way down at idle, then get brighter as the rpm rises. I can try bumping the idle up a little, however I remember doing this with my old Probe GT, and not matter how much I turned the screw to punch my idle up, it would only hold that for a while then drop back down. I got to the point that the screw was as far as it would go, and the idle still would not raise. Needless to say I am a little affraid of doing that to this car.

A second thought I had was this. Since the alt does not run at idle. should I hook up a battery in the trunk? This way the system would feed on that , then hopefully recharge when driving. I have never gone this far in the past as far as electrical install, so not sure even what I would need to get or do.

Last thought was, Well I was told I would get 100 amps at idle, and I do not get any, so I should just return the alt and get a different companies Alt.

What do you think?

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[MassOccur 10+ year member]

What company? HO Alts? I'd return it. Sounds faulty to me. You should be getting atleast 13.8 volts @ idle.

 

[Oak244 10+ year member]

What company? HO Alts? I'd return it. Sounds faulty to me. You should be getting atleast 13.8 volts @ idle.

Exsessive Amperage 180 Amp for a 1991 Geo Prizm/Toyota Camary.

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Same ****ing problem. I am pissed. Seriously already sent it back once.

 

[Oak244 10+ year member]

Well my stock Alt is bad now, so I can not really remove this one untill I have a new one to replace it with, or I am out a car! lol

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

Been there done that all last week.

 

[DumpinTreos 10+ year member]

i've blew my HO alt twice in last month

200a for nissan sentra from EA

 

[AJ²06 5,000+ posts]

I gotta get mine repaired too...

 

[Mat Dope 10+ year member]

Well my stock Alt is bad now, so I can not really remove this one untill I have a new one to replace it with, or I am out a car! lol

alterstart put me in that same position, i had to buy a new stock alty to run for a while, funny thing is it puts out better power then when i had my HO in!

 

[dalucifer 10+ year member]

man..seems like EA is having some issues as of late. Hope everything is getting worked out.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

don't get me started on EA but his alts don't kick on untill 800 rpms, so what is your car idling at?

 

[Army-Killa]

wow EA sucks glad I havent bought mine yet. No wonder I got a quote from EA for 300 for a 225 adn 465 for a 200 for iraggi. Anyone got a mean green what kinda price do they run for?

 

[dalucifer 10+ year member]

ohio gen seems to be the best bet for HO alts. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

i got the highest output alty iraggi would make for my car (lowest idle voltage) and even at idle i get 14.6v with my system full tilt

i think you just got a defective alt

 

[80INCHES 5,000+ posts]

wow i have a bosch 120amp alt and i have the same problem

my idle volts is 14.5-14.7 and when my bass kicks in it drops to 12.71

and my dimming is retarded....i need to get a new alt and fast

80

i'm idling at 1200rpms