Battery Light's Misleading Glow Car Runs Smoothly

Or if it starts in the morning with no other issues then am I fine? I haven't tried to start my car since I got home around 6 this evening. Just ... Could be a bad connection but this is usually an alternator fault. When the engine is running, a 14v reading at the battery is bang on. Are you ... Thats because when the car is off, the alternator isn't charging. It's supposed to do that when there is no current running from the alternator ... Don't unplug the battery while the car is running. Almost positive you'll need a new alternator. Keep driving it and you'll know for sure: The ... But having the voltage gauge installed really is key to being able to drive in a car like this without worrying each time it comes on. Usually, ... That failure mode could be caused by a number of faults, One could be simply a slipping belt condition, which is easily fixed. Take a close look ... If your alternator reads 14.6v while running then there's nothing wrong with your alternator. Your problem is some where else. Putting a new ... It sounds like your alternator is working a little, but not enough to keep the battery charged. The "battery" light is actually driven from the ... The light means the alternator isn't charging. Hard to say whether it is related to the pothole. I had a pothole ruin a battery by breaking an internal ... I measured voltage with the car running and it was around 13.8, but that was when the output was OK. After a week of seeing this light off ...