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<blockquote data-quote="Oak244" data-source="post: 2429050" data-attributes="member: 564842">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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Also driving home tonight I noticed that my lights dim way down at idle, then get brighter as the rpm rises.&nbsp; 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?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oak244, post: 2429050, member: 564842"] 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? [/QUOTE]

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