Stop in for a cup of coffee

I actually will buy one eventually. I have to fix or replace the Wagoneer's lighter first. On the Barracuda, the lighter is in the ashtray and not a location where its very useful.
For diagnostics, this works pretty well.
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So as best I can tell, since I didnt drive it anywhere, the 15 Volt regualtion was temperature related as today it was down to 14.7 to 14.8 at startup.
The analog meter was checking voltage at the temperature sender connection - sender disconnected. Might be resistance in the circuit since the fuel gage is roughly correct (for a repop).


I always learned that 14.6 was the perfect voltage.

We always said 13.5 to 14.5 volts was normal operational range.


When I did electrical testing at Sears while I was in college, we used voltage on a 12 volt system should be 13.3 v - 15.0 v... Anything lower will not recharge the battery, and anything higher the voltage regulator was not limiting the voltage properly...