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Nov 26, 2012 | 09:19 AM

Robert6401

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Flickering battery light

I have had my battery light come on a few times over the years, and it always leads to a new alternator. On Friday, I was headed to Northern Tool to grab up some black Friday deals and while sitting at a stop light the battery light faintly flickered for about 2-3 seconds. It was so faint and so short-lived that I am surprised I even noticed it (I guess I can thank being a helicopter pilot for being highly attentive to warning lights). Anyways, it went out and I haven't seen it since with a handful of miles over the weekend. Any chance this was just an anomaly? Anything I can check to see if there is impending electrical issue? I am primarily concerned because I won't be putting many miles on the truck between now and a trip pulling the 5th wheel to Florida in a couple of weeks and I really don't want to have a failure during the haul. Thanks.

Nov 26, 2012 | 09:27 AM

caverjoe

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My dealings with this have either been bad terminal connections and or batteries going bad.

Nov 26, 2012 | 09:28 AM

Robert6401

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Oh, I should've mentioned, the batteries are brand new (less than a month) Interstates. I will check the terminal connections. Thanks, Joe.

Nov 26, 2012 | 09:30 AM

just another truck

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x 2 on connections, Good Luck Robert. But if it flickers again after your check.. you know the answer..

Nov 26, 2012 | 10:53 AM

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x3 on the connections

Nov 26, 2012 | 11:31 AM

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Oh no, got a master caution light with no accompanying segment lights. No EP for this!<O

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Nov 26, 2012 | 12:38 PM

Robert6401

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Haha, sure there is. Straight from the -10 Operators Manual:

"Land as soon as possible"

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Nov 26, 2012 | 01:20 PM

Robert6401

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Well, that leads me to another question then. But I'll post another forum topic after doing a search on alternator lifespan and quality of different brands.

Nov 26, 2012 | 03:09 PM

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Had I known then - what I know now.
Mean Green is what I would have picked up.

Nov 26, 2012 | 07:26 PM

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X4 on the connector. Mine was ready to snap off the back of the alternator from being repeatedly bent over as I leaned over the engine bay to work on my engine.

Make sure it's not damaged.