This is true. I happened to me. My alternator was overloaded with stereo
equipment and melted my alternator harness along with it. If it is the
alternator then the dashlights will come on. I was able to run for 2 days
until my battery finally died.
Julian Brock
93 NOS'd Sentra SE
96 Maxima SE
> Mel wrote:
> <<its the battery. if it was the alt the car would'nt run at all>>
>
> Not true. At least from my experience, if the alternator goes, the car
> will run off of the battery until it kills that as well. Once the
> battery goes bad, the car dies and it's all over. The jump-start simply
> recharges the battery, in this situation, and when the charge runs down,
> the same thing happens.
>
> Again, this is what I have experienced.
>
> ST3
> http://www.geocities.com/ST3_200/ST3.html
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