The alarm light doesnt draw hardly any volts, its like .2volts so no worries there...But yes alternator is needed to be 14 volts so if everything is plugged in then its bad...now I have seen a ECU to be bad an not sending the signal wire volts .5 volt refference and not allowing the alternator charge, but that was on 1 car out of 200 so its rare but happens
Quote Originally Posted by 9ussy
i just bought a new battery.. and i had it checked out at autozone.. they said i had a bad alternator.. its suppose to be like 14 volts right?? b/c on that thing it said 12.2 volts or whatever... could there be something not hooked up thats causing this or what?? i just wanna make sure before spending 200 bux on this.. and will my car alarm kill my new battery?? the red light keeps blinking every few minutes.. should i just take the battery out?

98 integra...

thanks..
- al