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Originally Posted by mach4
When I had my alternator issue last sumer, I resolved not to drive without a volt meter as a warning and monitoring system for the alternator and battery. While I ended up incorporating a voltage monitor in my Arduino/Android bluetooth engine monitoring gauge setup, my original thought was to just get one of these
off dBay
....actually, I still may for the other cars. |
+1 to this. There are a few brands of these and I do recommend them. For convenience, there are some that have a voltmeter and USB charger in one.
Very useful tool.
OP, the voltage regulators on these cars don't take the battery voltage as high as is desirable, and so that doesn't help. Neither does GA summer heat. 4 years on a battery in a hot climate, if perpetually undercharged, can be condemnation time.