Re: 13.8 Volts?

["Kris Rayner" <veritech@fix.net>]

12.66 is optimal without the car running.  So with the car running it 
should be about 13.8-14.3, IF the battery is fully charged.  If not, 
it will be less depending on how many amps the alternator is having 
to put out.

> Date:          Tue, 18 Aug 1998 20:24:28 -0400
> From:          "Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>
> To:            Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject:       13.8 Volts?

> Damn... you're supposed to have 13.8 volts at the battery? I suppose that 12.4
> is bad then, huh? Time for a new alternator, I suppose (I already redid all my
> grounds)
>     -Josiah
> 
> Crane, Damien wrote:
> 
> > Electrical problems really suck, no two ways about it.  But the first
> > thing to do is to make sure that the gauge is accurate or rather that
> > the voltage it is reading is representative of the system voltage.
> > Corroded connections and bad grounds can cause voltage to drop in
> > circuits beyond them.  I don't know where VW measures the voltage, but
> > it may be a long way from the alternator and its 13.8.  Your problem may
> > not be as big as you think.
> >
> > ...or maybe it is.
> >
> > Damien
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From:         VWN8@aol.com[SMTP:VWN8@aol.com]
> > > Sent:         Monday, August 17, 1998 10:37 PM
> > > To:   scirocco-L@scirocco.org
> > > Subject:      S2 (electrical problems) HELP!!!!
> > >
> > > I've been having some really strange electrical problems recently and
> > > I need
> > > some ideas on what could be going on. Here's the background on the
> > > parts
> > > involved: Battery is 3yrs old and run dead once, 90 amp alternator
> > > bought used
> > > a year ago.
> > >
> > > What happened was this: the car sat for a week in hot weather (I was
> > > doing
> > > body work). After a week it wouldn't start (volt guage reeds 11
> > > volts). after
> > > this the battery drops about 0.4volts every 12 hrs or so. I have'nt
> > > messed
> > > with any of my electrical components so I have no idea whet could be
> > > draining
> > > it. Now when I drive my volt guage drops significantly every time I
> > > turn
> > > something on (ie. reads 13.8 turn lights on and it shows 12.5 run
> > > stereo and
> > > 12.1 and so on) previously it would nerer dip below 13-13.5. I am
> > > really
> > > frustrated with this problem so if anyone can offer some ideas I would
> > > be very
> > > greatfull! BTW: I should mention that the battery does not drain when
> > > it is
> > > disconected from the leads that go to the interior but the only things
> > > that
> > > stay on are the volt guage and the clock.
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > Nate
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                   Kris Rayner
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