{"id":8407,"date":"2022-04-25T07:39:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T07:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notsealed.com\/?p=8407"},"modified":"2024-02-29T11:04:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T11:04:02","slug":"4-ways-how-to-test-an-alternator-with-or-without-a-multimeter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notsealed.com\/4-ways-how-to-test-an-alternator-with-or-without-a-multimeter.html","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways How to Test an Alternator With or Without a Multimeter."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Car alternators provide the electrical energy needed to run all of the electronics and power circuits of your vehicle. It also charges up the battery to full capacity ready for the next time your start the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The car alternator is a simple device made up of heavy-duty bearings, electrical copper windings, charging circuits, diodes, and a set of carbon brushes. Over time the bearings and or brushes can wear and fail to cause the charging circuit to not work properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this post, we will go over how to test your car alternator both in the vehicle and out of the vehicle to see if it is outputting the correct voltage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n