RJT> GW> rpm. On my car (less than 10 years old) the alternator goes off
RJT> GW> regulation with the headlights on at somewhere around the 1000 rpm
RJT> GW> mark, idle is at 700 rpm... You can see the headlights dim as the
RJT> GW> alternator goes off regulation.

RJT> GM> Which is a useful indication that the alternator is putting out
RJT> GM> current -- on most cars, about the only indication.

RJT>I'm used to vehicles with ammeters...   Most of the old mopar stuff I've been
RJT>driving for years has had them in there.  Except this last one, 
which for some
RJT>dumb reason has a voltmeter,  instead.  Why they started doing that is beyond
RJT>me.

That is the norm now days when you have instruments rather than lights.
I know not why either. However it works just about as good.

Jay
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