With the battery fully charged and car (2002 rt/10) on, intercooler pump on, radio on, headlights on (dtrl), radiator fan off, the needle on the volt gauge is just a hair past the 14 mark on the gauge.
Same conditions but now radiator fan on, the volt gauge sits a hair beneath the 14 mark if I'm driving (i.e., RPMs above 1,000), and maybe around 13 if it's idling around 750 RPM (with the headlights being pretty dim until the rpms kick back up).
Is that normal for a Gen 2 whose only additional non-OEM electric load is an intercooler pump? On other cars with a volt gauge usually the needle is well past 14 with everything running and my headlights arn't dimming at idle, so I've been wondering if maybe I should be replacing my alternator?
Same conditions but now radiator fan on, the volt gauge sits a hair beneath the 14 mark if I'm driving (i.e., RPMs above 1,000), and maybe around 13 if it's idling around 750 RPM (with the headlights being pretty dim until the rpms kick back up).
Is that normal for a Gen 2 whose only additional non-OEM electric load is an intercooler pump? On other cars with a volt gauge usually the needle is well past 14 with everything running and my headlights arn't dimming at idle, so I've been wondering if maybe I should be replacing my alternator?
