hey guys, I had my alternator replaced last year as the old one died. It's been working fine but I do have a few issues:
- when I start it in the morning the battery light on the dash NEVER comes on. When I crank it, it sits around 12.5V which is awfully low, it will go to the "normal" 13.5-14V once I've given it a bit of a rev. Surely I should have to do this?
- When I drive I notice that my voltage is about 0.5V less than when I started the trip, even less if I've been using my headlights.
- Recently when I've been braking my voltage drops to under 13V which I don't think is a good thing.
Any suggestions? I have a negative grounding kit on my battery and my battery is an Optima D34M (big deep cycle battery). I drive about an hour in the morning and night to work and about an hour after work...so my battery should be getting plenty of charge.