Amperage at idle?

bballa_kid Silver Member Username: Rosrock2000 AA Assassins, MI USA Post Number: 345 Registered: Dec-06	Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 18:03 GMT i checked how many volts my alt was putting out at idle with amp low and w/e through my power and ground.. and it read 14.2 volts. isnt that like really good for being at idle?
Corey Dalton Silver Member Username: Sheriff Post Number: 123 Registered: Jan-07	Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 18:10 GMT It's pretty average.
bballa_kid Silver Member Username: Rosrock2000 AA Assassins, MI USA Post Number: 347 Registered: Dec-06	Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 18:12 GMT well.. i thought that ur supposed to be doing that kinda voltage at 30 or 40 mph..?
Corey Dalton Silver Member Username: Sheriff Post Number: 124 Registered: Jan-07	Posted on Saturday, March 17, 2007 - 18:14 GMT Maybe, I think mine stays at around 14v no matter what, unless my car is off.
M.S. Silver Member Username: Nd4spd18 Southeast PA Post Number: 946 Registered: Jul-06	Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 05:41 GMT The voltage does not change when the alternator RPM changes, it is the AMPERAGE that changes.
Andre Money (---None of it) Gold Member Username: Arande2 Extreme SQ FTW Post Number: 1906 Registered: Dec-06	Posted on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 05:55 GMT Yeah ^^^^^ And so there's more on reserve to hold the voltage.