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<blockquote data-quote="yacob.naif" data-source="post: 2367927" data-attributes="member: 565696">well, most cars regulate voltage by using an exciter wire which shorts a varying amp load of 12v+ to the brushes to charge them and create current.Either:A) Your car works differently, and you have a perfectly good working alternator that just sucks at idle.B) something&#039;s shorted out inside the alternator and giving the exciter a hard 12v, creating more and more current.or c) something&#039;s way beyond ****ed.it sounds like this company doesn&#039;t know wtf is going on...... and if you don&#039;t either, it&#039;s probably not a bad idea to take it to a shop on monday and have them make sure everything&#039;s ok (or not)have you checked a forum for your specific car?do you have any experience working on your car?&nbsp; do you own a service manual?for christ&#039;s sake, man, take it somewhere!&nbsp; She&#039;s gonna blow!when most cars&#039; alternators aren&#039;t hooked up correctly, they simply don&#039;t make any current, and the battery dies.&nbsp; it sounds like your car has a death wish.&nbsp; And honestly, unless you want to start replacing $800 ecu&#039;s and $4000 wiring harnesses, i&#039;d get the voltage down a few notches</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yacob.naif, post: 2367927, member: 565696"] well, most cars regulate voltage by using an exciter wire which shorts a varying amp load of 12v+ to the brushes to charge them and create current. Either: A) Your car works differently, and you have a perfectly good working alternator that just sucks at idle. B) something's shorted out inside the alternator and giving the exciter a hard 12v, creating more and more current. or c) something's way beyond ****ed. it sounds like this company doesn't know wtf is going on...... and if you don't either, it's probably not a bad idea to take it to a shop on monday and have them make sure everything's ok (or not) have you checked a forum for your specific car? do you have any experience working on your car? do you own a service manual? for christ's sake, man, take it somewhere! She's gonna blow! when most cars' alternators aren't hooked up correctly, they simply don't make any current, and the battery dies. it sounds like your car has a death wish. And honestly, unless you want to start replacing $800 ecu's and $4000 wiring harnesses, i'd get the voltage down a few notches [/QUOTE]

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