charging.

[one_am]

No power to 35 at alternator
35 wire test good
Power on 904
power on 152
The voltage when running is 11 and drops slowly, when i jumper 35 and 152 it goes to 12.( isn;t it supposed to be around 14-16v)

My question is. Is my voltage regulator and my alternator bad?


P.S. reman alternator just over a year old.

[Oren09]

http://www.fordification.com/tech/charging.htm

Try the full field test towards the bottom of the page.
My truck wasn't charging, so I bypassed the volt regulator and I was getting 17v at idle.
I replaced the volt regulator and now everything is working.

[fordman]

the regulator controls charging. the alternator only gives the power that the regulator requests. that is how i understand it. if only the wife wouldnt charge. everything might be better.