95 200sx battery won't charge

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Gunnermac - 05 Jun 2006 05:07 GMT

Daughter has a 200sx 1.6l.

On a trip alternator blew.

She had the alternator replaced but the battery still won't charge and
alternator won't keep car running. Car runs well as long as battery is
recharged but as soon as the charge drops ( about 80 miles) the car stops.
This is a new alternator. Was replaced over 300 miles away so we can't just
take it back to the shop to have the problem corrected.

What am I missing in the charging circuit? All fuses are good. Is there a
way to check the alternator with a voltage meter? Is there some other fuse
in this circuit that is not in the standard fuse blocks.

Thanks for any help.

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willshak - 05 Jun 2006 14:06 GMT

> Daughter has a 200sx 1.6l.
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Perhaps it's a faulty battery?

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~Poorboy~ - 06 Jun 2006 11:01 GMT

Bad battery.

Daughter has a 200sx 1.6l.

On a trip alternator blew.

She had the alternator replaced but the battery still won't charge and
alternator won't keep car running. Car runs well as long as battery is
recharged but as soon as the charge drops ( about 80 miles) the car stops.
This is a new alternator. Was replaced over 300 miles away so we can't just
take it back to the shop to have the problem corrected.

What am I missing in the charging circuit? All fuses are good. Is there a
way to check the alternator with a voltage meter? Is there some other fuse
in this circuit that is not in the standard fuse blocks.

Thanks for any help.

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Telstar Electronics - 06 Jun 2006 12:43 GMT

With a Voltmeter... measure the Voltage at the battery terminals with
the engine running. What is it?

www.telstar-electronics.com

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Gunnermac - 06 Jun 2006 18:45 GMT

Battery is good.

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I found the problem and corrected it.

What happened is that there is a two wire connector that attaches to the
alternator and the friction fit female tabs had opened just enough to make
contacts an open. I closed the contacts enough to make a good connection
and all is well. Obviously the mechanic didn't take the time to verify his
work and make sure that the alternator was actually charging the battery.

All bad things were magnified simply because my daughter was over 300 miles
away when she was having problems and I couldn't be there to help her. We
have all learned something from this but it wasn't fun.

> With a Voltmeter... measure the Voltage at the battery terminals with
> the engine running. What is it?
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> www.telstar-electronics.com

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