skittersk8er

so not to long ago my battery died in my 96 civic. from then on i have had alternator problems.
first one just died, second one was good when i ut it in teh car now it overcharges, and third one is on its way but before i out it in i want to know if anyone knows wat the problem is. also got new battery so i know thats not the problem and it keeps killin batterys .any help anyone.

southwest2118

you should check for parasite-ic :P draw or something .....i dont know- i work for mazda

N1ghtM0nkey

Okay okay, fess up.

How many dbl are you pushing?

I'm pushing 150 and I change alternators like I change socks.

southwest2118

i had the same problem back in the day, spent a lil more and bought a better alternator(same amp) , and never had a problem....

well two years ago it started to over charge ...so i put a new regulator in ($25) and

truck b bangin like a crip

78NOVA

hope you have a capacitor in there with 150db's.. im pushing 130-145 with a single 12 right now and i have a cap because my headlights dimmed like no other. im actually getting ready to jump to 2 10" subs and a 3000 watt amp, and i already have a 3 farad cap for what i have now.

skittersk8er

no cd playuer even in the car straight hmt for real. but........ i bought the car from a ricer and it had poopers(poppers) on it and have since bought red doors taht i havnt painted yet lol. but anyways would htere be a wire somwhere from the poppers that could do that. remember it was straight ricer when i bought it the only thing it didnt have was neons thank god for that. also i would have to run a new hot wire to install a cd palyer hence the reason there isnt one. but could that be a problem.

eg_project

Get better grounds or double ground the battery or ground directly to the amp and you won't have any probs with that. Also, a good alternator helps a bit. (2 12's pushing 140+ with no dimming prove it)

not meaning to thread jack. The parasitic draw may be it. if he had ricer door poppers and whatnot, it may have been wired impoperly and you could have some bad grounding and whatnot.

skittersk8er

so i need to check for grounds that arent bein used. i got four wires unser my hood that i have no idea where they go. i'll take a pic and post it up in a few.

1slow91

just upgrade all grounds in the vehicle to 8-4ga and that will help with dimming as far as the extra wires go look for any ricer switches and turn them on and start testing the wires
just cut or cap them and you should be fine

Zeniceguycrx

turn the car off and put a amp meter on ther ground between the batt and the cable end. red the amp's
if u get more then like 0.020amps then you have parasitic loss