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Jan 29, 2006 | 05:40 PM

skidoo01

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Charging Problem

The other night I was driving along and all of a suddon my lights whent dim and my blower motor slowed down and after a couple of miles it was back to normal. This has happened a couple of times in the last week. I was told it was probebly the alt. so I just put a new one on it(with a new belt). I went out this morning and put my plow and plowed for about 1/2 hr and as soon as I finished up my bat. light was back on and my alt gauge was down. I ran and got a volt meter and checked the voltage ant the bat. whith it idling and volrage was dropping(the truck died shortly after). Could this be a bad battery or somthing else?

Jan 29, 2006 | 06:19 PM

Dealford

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Welcome to FTE !!!

By the sound of it, you have a bad alternator again. Take the new one back to the place you bought it & have them test it.
What year & model truck is it?
AL.

Jan 30, 2006 | 11:58 AM

skidoo01

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Its A 99 ford superduty with a 5.4l . I had the battery checked this morning and it was bad but would that cause the problem(internal short)?

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Matt

Jan 31, 2006 | 01:07 PM

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With the new battery, do the voltage check again and see what you have.

Feb 2, 2006 | 01:35 PM

skidoo01

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Same, It was around 12 V . It did however start to charge after running it for a little bit. Then I had 14.4V. I hate intermittent electical problems!!!