has anyone ever had an alternator put out too many amps?

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the mechanic said that's what mine was doing resulting in alot of my things not working.  fuel gauge, heater blower, all my digital dash stuff..  My alt idiot light never came on but those things did not work.  I checked the fuses before going to a mechanic and they were fine.  After $700 worth of new alternator and other things my original problem is back after about a week.  car is a 98 maxda

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

He got you for $700 
Make him find the bad connection now, and don't pay him more money.
He charged twice what the alternator job should have been.
If you went to a Mazda dealer with a 12 year old car then that was wrong.

The system power or ground is not always staying connected.
There could be corrosion involved.
Look at the battery cables. Are there wires that go into corroded aftermarket clamps?
That can be the problem.

? · Answer

An alternator cannot possibly put out "too many" amps.

Alternators supply only the amount of amps that are required by their loads.

The worst that could happen is that you could burn out your alternator by putting too much of an amperage load on it.

This would result in the alternator overheating and burning out due to the excessive demands being made.

? · Answer

Oh, such multiple ability violations of standard regulations of physics and thermodynamics, the place to start... Sorry, as you have defined it, it can not be completed and not via fact there is a few "conspiracy" by making use of "massive oil" to maintain this sort of technologies bottled up so as that they could make salary. it can not be completed via fact there is not any thank you to do it.

Anonymous · Answer

best you go back to him

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