low charge rate

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richs elky

Discussion Starter · Sep 25, 2000

Just finished mounting my battery to the rear of my el camino, and have noticed at night, with every thing on that the volt guage is showing only 11 1/2 volts. I have a 100 amp single wire voltage altenator, and its always showed 12 volts or more on the guage. I ran the single wire off the altenator, back to the battery with a 10 guage wire, to the + post, am i running to heavy a wire or is it something else. I've cut out my night driving for fear the battery will go dead! Any ideas?

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Steve S

· #2 · Sep 25, 2000

Where is the voltmeter reading the voltage?
No you can't run too heavy a wire but you can run to small. The heavier the wire the more current it can handle without excessive voltage drop(or burning up).

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Steve Strasemeier (70SS 396, Fathom Blue/White Stripes)

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