Voltage problems and other problems

[Austin175 10+ year member]

I am having a problem when i come to a stop or slow down to turn my jeep bogs down like it's gonna die an the voltage gets real low an I have alt or belt wine but when I give it gas it goes right back up. I don't have to be bumpin for this to happen it happens weather I am bumping or not.

Then when I'm bumpin I can go to vol 24 when my full tilt is 26-27 with out it cutting off but anything higher then 24 it will like instantly drop voltage an shut my stereo an everythin off an have alt or belt wine as well.

Anyone have an idea I was thinking my belt might be to small or my alt might be going bad?

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[jteske88 10+ year member]

i would start by looking over any electrical connections. YOu have more issues than stereo related.

 

[Austin175 10+ year member]

I know that's why I am asking to see if anyone here would know any possible reasons to why my stereo problem is probably cause I'm still upgrading my electrical but this more for the first problem as I don't know anything when it comes to mechanic stuff.

 

[jasonbillnelson 10+ year member]

Get a Digital Multimeter and check your battery voltage with the car off. If it's 12.6-12.8 that is a good "resting" state for the battery. So if that's good check the alternator while it's running. Positive to the alternator post and negative to a ground. See if your alternator is putting out between 13.8-14.4 volts. start with that and we can move on from there.

 

[Austin175 10+ year member]

Alright will do.

 

[jasonbillnelson 10+ year member]

So what's the verdict???

 

[dhall615 10+ year member]

IMO alt is dieing

 

[Austin175 10+ year member]

I'm going out today to get the numbers it's been snowing really bad the past couple days. I'll report back in a bit.

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

Putting a DMM to a battery is worthless. If it is suspect you need to take it to a part's store and have it load tested. Odds are your battery is dying/dead and your alternator is right behind it.