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Subject:Re: alternator/battery light on at 3600+ RPM..what gives?
From:David Beierl
Date:Fri, 6 Jul 2001 19:47:40 -0400
At 07:32 PM 7/6/2001, Larry Innes wrote:
>Oh Gurus,
>
>My battery/alternator idiot light goes on when the RPMs exceed 3600
>or so, and off below that...what is a likely diagnosis of this
>particular symptom?

Bad alternator -- I saw one just like it on a Subaru *yesterday* -- charged
at 60 amps until rpm went above 2300, then zilch.  Completely repeatable.

david

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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