i have a 92 dx hatchback and all my electric lights are dim. my head lights and dash lights go dim when i am at a stop light but as soon as i start to drive they all go bright. i ve replaced the battery about 4 months ago and i installed a new alternator a week ago. i don t know what else to do. any help is good. thanx

 

hmm, i would just about say the alternator regualtor. But since you changed the alternator i would check/clean all ground, then maybe clean the eld

 

you may have a short, does the battery drain if you don't turn on your car for a couple days??

 

the car is fine if it sits their for days. and ground that you can point me to.

 

any grounds you can point me to

 

I know that my dash lights used to dim in and out and I changed the dimmer switch and it fixed the problem.

 

but all of his lights are dimming.... my buddie has the same problem. and we did the same things. it could be grounds. and fyi their are allot of grounds on the car...

 

Well he says the headlights and everything dim as well, which usually means drop in voltage throughout the vehicle. Its helpful if you have some sort of voltmeter so you can see where the voltage is dropping too, my escort 8500 x50 has this future which is quite nice.

I assume this happens with just normal headlights/night driving, I can get this if i have my stereo+rear defog+fans on high+headlights, just make sure your not pulling too much load, otherwise it would likely be the case your alternator is not putting out enough at idle...

Since you replaced what you have I'd check ELD, and as for grounds, the one Ive seen more commonly go bad/rusty is the short run from the chassis to the negative terminal, although its worth checking chassis to motor and chassis to tranny/starter.

 

thanxs i am going to check does as soon as a can.