It is on a 96 ford aspire. I have checked the battery and it is ok. The Alternator is new and checks out fine. In fact, I have gone through about 5 alternators in the last year, thinking it was the alternators. What other problems might I have that would cause the Alternators to not charge?
Thanks for any help you can give.
2007-04-15 16:00:22 · 11 answers · asked by Kimmy 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Loose belt, poor battery connections, cheap/crapy rebuilt alternators, poor alternator connections, poor engine ground, and if it has an external voltage regulator it is a prime suspect.
One more quick way to kill an alternator: give people jump charges or receive them!
2007-04-15 16:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by know da stuff 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate to disagree with Ted but your car will have either an alternator or a generator. If you have a 96' car you have an alternator. You also have a voltage regulator. The voltage regulator will control the amount of voltage that is applied to the battery.
You could have a bad ground wire or a bad battery cable that is not allowing the voltage to get back to the battery.
Also check out the voltage regulator. You are about to the time of going to an auto electrical repair shop.
If you have a voltage multimeter you can read the DC voltage on the battery with the engine running. You should have about 13.5VDC on the battery terminals. If you don't then you have a charging problem. Good luck
2007-04-15 16:12:36 · answer #2 · answered by Fordman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
looks like the circuit that rates the battery from the alternator is undesirable. you're able to think of that the technicians could examine that out. you need to make certain if the cord popping out of the alternator is broken by any means. This cord ought to finally end up returned on your battery. of course this is going to snake around the engine compartment, yet you need to have the means to locate the difficulty that way. placed funds right into a instruction manual on your vehicle. they are approximately 15 dollars at Shucks or Autozone or a matching vehicle place. perchance get a buddy that may well be useful you look on the schematic diagram and see if there is something else in touch with the charging equipment.
2016-12-29 15:07:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alternators are not really designed to charge batteries like the old generators where in the days. Make sure all the connections are tight and clean with no broken wires. A person should put their battery on a charger every so often.
2007-04-15 16:11:51 · answer #4 · answered by srena 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i own a shop and i have seen this happen before its not the alternators ,its the ground wires,when you take the alternators off and have them checked they will check good,but when on a vehicle and not grounded good they will not charge good,so really all the problems you have been having are with the car not the alternators,i have a Nissan that did the same thing,and it didn't take me long to figure it out,your going to have to go over every square inch of this car,and re-connect every bad ground wire you find on it,that's the only way it will ever work right again,believe me i been there a few times,good luck with it hope this helps.
2007-04-15 16:09:20 · answer #5 · answered by dodge man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK, the alternator is bolted to the engine, and grounded to the engine block. the battery negative cable is going to the frame most of the time. Somewhere there are cables that connect the engine block and the frame together so they are both grounded. If there isn't one, or the one that is supposed to be there has broken, that is the problem. To see if that's it, just find a bolt on the frame and a bolt on the engine and run a heavy wire between them and see if things don't improve.
2007-04-15 16:23:01 · answer #6 · answered by oklatom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There should be a fuse and/or fusible link in between the battery and the alternator... that might be blown...
If you've installed a stereo or other electrical accessories, you may be overworking the alternator as well... in which case you need to take it in to have the alternator rewound to allow higher amperage....
It could also be that you have a minor short somewhere in the system.... you'd need to have a mechanic that specializes in auto electrical work look for that.... they would be the fastest, and most correct...
2007-04-15 16:06:10 · answer #7 · answered by v_2tbrow 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The battery might check out good but it;s not keeping a charge. Fords have a higher amp alternator, and cost more, but it is the only thing involved in charging the battery.... Oh yea and Ted is an idiot, Cars like that don't use generators. There is only two things involved and a generator is not one of them...
2007-04-15 16:06:07 · answer #8 · answered by Jesse R 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The alternator does not generate power, it controls it and distributes it to the battery for one. What powers the alternator is the generator. The problem appears to lie there in that your generator is not powering the alternator with either no power, or very little power.
2007-04-15 16:05:33 · answer #9 · answered by Ted 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Regulator?
2007-04-15 18:19:23 · answer #10 · answered by valhalla6300 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋