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Old 10-15-2011, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Tony Radford View Post
Is it possible the alternator has an intermittent output? It isn't obvious looking at the voltmeter. This sucks.
Doubtful. It's more likely you have an intermitttent change in load that the alternator can not handle at idle (low alternator RPM) speeds. Did the low voltage at idle readings correspond to when the fans were running, and the higher voltages at idle to when they were not running?
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