Need electrical help

[computerworks]

Hello John...

Welcome to the club.
I got your e-mail.... I moved this thread to Shop Talk, where more people would see it.

It was originally posted in the Testing Area, which is a "back alley" for members to test and experiment with posts...formatting, attaching pics, etc.

Use this link:

http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/

...to locate the most appropriate sub-forum for your new threads

ron
ClubCobra Moderator

[Ron61]

John,

To test and be sure if you are getting any charge, use a voltmeter and measure across the battery terminals. I like my voltmeter better than the amp gage. If the alternator is charging you should read around 13/15 volts when you have the engine running. Another thing you can do to see if you have something like Pete said that is drawing the battery down at night. Take the connector off the battery terminal and then touch the terminal with it and see if you draw a spark with everything turned off. Also have the new alternator tested to be sure it isn't bad. I got a brand new one once and spent a day trying to find out why I wasn't getting any charge and finally took it to an alternator shop here and they tested it and it was no good.

Ron