lights dim when i step on the gas

[wannabe]

hm, my friend works there...maybe he can look it up.

i edited the first post stating i just replaced the alternator...

if you find it let me know i have been having the same problem

 

[eskateboarding7]

What gauge wire did you use for your big 3? Did you solder as well as crimp, just to be sure you're not getting voltage drops? Did you move up to a high output alternator? Are you running amps? Do you still experience the problem with the radio/amps off?

 

[dank24]

alternator

 

[NFR_AP2]

if you find it let me know i have been having the same problem

i will man...its not THAT big of a deal...its just annoying.

What gauge wire did you use for your big 3? Did you solder as well as crimp, just to be sure you're not getting voltage drops? Did you move up to a high output alternator? Are you running amps? Do you still experience the problem with the radio/amps off?

4 gauge. and i just crimped the wires...and i just am using a regular alternator...not a high output one. and i have no amp/subs. ill try it with the radio off. im sure itll still do it though its pretty much all the lights in the car

alternator

i just replaced it...

 

[99civicy8]

i was just having well still having a problem with my charging system it acted like it was the altenator my subs cut out then whenever i touch the brakes or turned on the lights it cut out untill it finally died and wouldent start i replaced the battery and told the alt out and brought it to autozone they said it was charging put it back in and it reads lower on the multimeter then when off..reads around 12 so i was wondering the same thing if the voltage regulator inside is bad. but if u have a mulitmeter put it on dc and read it off the battery with it off should be around 12 then start it and if it reads around 13-14 its charging.

 

[NFR_AP2]

ttt

 

[mymmeryloss]

interesting... did u have the battery checked?
and yes a battery can go bad that fast..

 

[wannabe]

your friend ever get to look up that recall info?

 

[NFR_AP2]

interesting... did u have the battery checked?
and yes a battery can go bad that fast..

no i didnt....not yet

your friend ever get to look up that recall info?

no...do you vaugely know what it is?

 

[ej8arm]

^^ ya bro can u ask him i been havin da same problem

 

[wannabe]

no...do you vaugely know what it is?

no, i posted about all i could remember up there ^^^

 

[NFR_AP2]

ok well the engine harness was bought new, about 2 years ago, its still minty. alternator was replaced last week. you still think it would affect me?

 

[NFR_AP2]

and just to add. it only does it once ive been driving for a bit.

for example, after about 10 mins. of driving tonight it started doing it...

 

[takeachance]

ELD perhaps?

 

[NFR_AP2]

YEAH thats what im pretty sure it is...but idk where its located...

 

[NFR_AP2]

anyone know where the ELD is located?

 

[takeachance]

its under the fuse box under the hood you just have to replace the whole box in order to fix it with a good one. They are about 40 bucks on ebay

 

[NFR_AP2]

so i have to replace that big black box? wtf...

 

[NFR_AP2]

any other input?

 

[AsianCivicRider]

Sorry for bringing this thread back from the dead, but did you ever figure out what the problem was?