Alternator, voltage regulator, or battery?
When Im cruising, my dash lights are just fine, my amp gauge is in the charge area, and everything is great, but when I come to idle at a stoplight, I drop into the discharge area and my dash lights get very dim. At a stoplight when I was completely stopped I dropped it into neutral (auto trans) and it kicked it up towards the charge a bit more, gave me a bit more juice for the dash lamps, but still in discharge.
My question; should I switch the alternator to a higher amp alt rather than the stock one that is in there? Is it the voltage regulator? OR is my battery not giving me enough juice?
Im sure if I switch all three out Id solve the problem, but who wants to do that??
The alternator is fairly new (bout a year), the battery roughly the same (however I dont know its ratings) and Ive never touched the voltage regulator (it looks absolutely brand new however).
The car isnt doing anything but not giving enough power at idle.. once I step on it, everythings great.