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accessories S70 1998

posted by  harder on  Thu Jan 31 06:40 CST 2002
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Hi Tom,

When you finish cranking the engine the Alternator takes over. So the battery is only used for starting the engine and operating the accessories when the engine is not running. Once the engine is running the alternator provides all of the necessary power to operate the car and recharge the battery for the next start.

One test I do to see if the alternator is working at peek proficiency is to start the car and remove the negative battery cable with all systems in the car running (beware of hydrogen gas). With the battery disconnected and the engine running the alternator should produce enough electrical current to operate the entire car. If not then you need a bigger alternator or a new alternator.

As for a ME chant my memory fails me. Where I went to school the EEs out number the MEs by 10 to 1. So it took a brave ME to shout a chant. :-(

Good Luck,

Steven---





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