Today I was driving my CRX and the battery light came on (and has stayed on since). A stench of something burning (cant identify exactly) came through the vents at almost the same exact time. I checked and cleaned the connections, I checked the battery. A friend of mine used a voltmeter, and its fine at 12.5 or so. But it seems to not be taking a charge from the alternator because it goes down to 12 after I turn the car on. If something is burning, i cant find it. Any ideas what it might be?
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Slammed90Lude
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altenator- When I fried the one i had in my prelude, it smoked and stunk like burning electronics
Start the car and disconnect the battery, if the cars stalls out its definetly the alternator or something related to it.
94RedSiGal
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It's your alternator. Running your car with the charge warning light on will only ruin your battery. The alternator is not charging and is draining your battery to death.