Power "Surging"
07-20-2008, 02:31 AM
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Power "Surging" My car, at night time when the lights come on, has power "surging". The lights dim every second, in a pattern. It's sorta to the engines idling.
When I give it gas to go it flickers faster.
I checked the ground wires. The battery is new. I'm thinking it MIGHT be the alternator, but if that were the case, the battery wouldn't constantly be charged, would it?
Last thing, the battery level indicator whatever on the dash jumps from 11 to the far white marker (like 15-16 I think) randomly depending on how the car feels.
Any help!?
When I give it gas to go it flickers faster.
I checked the ground wires. The battery is new. I'm thinking it MIGHT be the alternator, but if that were the case, the battery wouldn't constantly be charged, would it?
Last thing, the battery level indicator whatever on the dash jumps from 11 to the far white marker (like 15-16 I think) randomly depending on how the car feels.
Any help!?
07-21-2008, 03:57 PM
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yea hopefully that will let you know what is going on. elec. problems are the worst. usually hard to track down.
depending on if you have the alt. overdrive pulley or not it could cause your alt. to not push enough power out and slowly drain your battery. even with the overdrive pulley on mine I still have charging problems from time to time and only after having the car on for a while and driving it around with the rpm's going up will my electronics act normal.
this along with my system cause interior and headlights to often dim and seems like surging from time to time. It is related of course to rpm and the power drawn by the amp.
this along with my system cause interior and headlights to often dim and seems like surging from time to time. It is related of course to rpm and the power drawn by the amp.
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07-21-2008, 08:52 PM
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The autozone dude told me my alt is over charging my battery. So I guess the regulator is broken and I need a new one. I guess I'll get a HO one from the ebay.
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hey I have the same problems with my ls1, but I have a brand new alternator and strater, I have a stock pully and I checked my grounds. But still it will jump from 8 or 9 to 15 or 16.. anyone have any other suggestions
