RE: Voltage issues

[Chris Coracini <Coracin@usdl.com>]

yes, grounding helps tremendously, especially extra engine to ground,
and alt. case to neg. batt. terminal.  also, change your battery cables,
sand down all the contact points on all the wires hooked to the battery,
and the chassis were the ground strap is connected to.  if after that
it's still not enough, you may want to consider changing to the 90 amp
alt.  i'm not sure if you have one on there already.  i know the later
model sciroccos with a/c have the 90 amp.

chris
86 16V scirocco

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>From: 	Cox, Wiley[SMTP:Wiley.Cox@glenayre.com]
>Sent: 	Thursday, November 19, 1998 10:06 AM
>To: 	'scirocco-l@scirocco.org'
>Subject: 	Voltage issues
>
>	Just a few quick questions.  I've got a bunch of stuff wired
>into the car as extra, including 3 (soon to be 5 or 6) gauges, the new
>55watt driving lights, and a rather loud stereo system with a decent Sub
>in the hatch.  All this is contributing to a rather LOW voltage when I
>run the lights, stereo and sometimes heater all at once.  I've also
>noticed that the voltage tends to be higher right when I start the car,
>and drops off as I drive it, to a lower point.  When idling with nothing
>on, when I first start the car, it runs somewhere around 13 volts on the
>meter on the car, but when I have everything running, it gets down
>towards that hazy red-green area that looks like about 10.5.  Am I
>expecting too much?  I wouldn't think it should be getting much below
>12, with everything except the stereo on.  Grounding everything might
>help this problem, right?  Or is it really a problem?
>
>-WileyC
>1984 Red 8v
>(w/hella 55W lights!)
>
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