I'm looking for some quick feedback.
I should note that I'm wire/electronics retarded and learning my way up. I have the Haltech installed in the car, and it all works fine when I disconnect the ground to the alternator - when the ground is connected, I get a pulse in voltage in the batter from 12.5V to 15V.
My car's been off the road for over a year due to some stupid problem. I didn't try to really tackle it last year, and this year, I'm bound to fix it.
I'm pretty sure I've found the problem, actually - but I need some confirmation.
I'd be super grateful if I could get some feedback from a few people on this, just so that my theory is fully confirmed. I'm going to be calling a couple local dealerships and a Mazda Racing dealership to confirm, too.
I need someone to test continuity between the ground(s) for the alternator and the ground/negative terminal on the battery. I tested this on a Protege5 on Saturday and got continuity - tested on my car, nothing... there's SOME connection, but there's some resistance stopping the wire from getting full continuity.
Tools required to help:
2.0L protege without cruise
Multimeter
Set the multimeter to test continuity via BEEP.
Connect one end of the multimeter to either of the ground clips that connects to the alternator, connect the other end of the multimeter to the terminal that's connected to the negative battery terminal. Once one clip is tested, test the other clip on the alternator ground wire.
Does it beep?
When I tried on the Protege5, it beeped with one of the alternator clips, but not the other, which I'm pretty sure is how it's supposed to work - that's how the voltage regulator works, to my understanding. On my Protege, it didn't beep with either clip.
Thanks to anybody that can help
I should note that I'm wire/electronics retarded and learning my way up. I have the Haltech installed in the car, and it all works fine when I disconnect the ground to the alternator - when the ground is connected, I get a pulse in voltage in the batter from 12.5V to 15V.
My car's been off the road for over a year due to some stupid problem. I didn't try to really tackle it last year, and this year, I'm bound to fix it.
I'm pretty sure I've found the problem, actually - but I need some confirmation.
I'd be super grateful if I could get some feedback from a few people on this, just so that my theory is fully confirmed. I'm going to be calling a couple local dealerships and a Mazda Racing dealership to confirm, too.
I need someone to test continuity between the ground(s) for the alternator and the ground/negative terminal on the battery. I tested this on a Protege5 on Saturday and got continuity - tested on my car, nothing... there's SOME connection, but there's some resistance stopping the wire from getting full continuity.
Tools required to help:
2.0L protege without cruise
Multimeter
Set the multimeter to test continuity via BEEP.
Connect one end of the multimeter to either of the ground clips that connects to the alternator, connect the other end of the multimeter to the terminal that's connected to the negative battery terminal. Once one clip is tested, test the other clip on the alternator ground wire.
Does it beep?
When I tried on the Protege5, it beeped with one of the alternator clips, but not the other, which I'm pretty sure is how it's supposed to work - that's how the voltage regulator works, to my understanding. On my Protege, it didn't beep with either clip.
Thanks to anybody that can help