Well, in short, it broke

Is this just coincidence?

Here is what happened: During the Black friday sales i purchased a clarion mp3 stereo for my del sol. I did a quick install in the parking lot while i was waiting for my friends to come out. On the drive home I thought i saw my battery warning light come on. Yesterday it was commin on randomly. And today it was on most of the time as i was doing delivery. Befored I headed to work I did a professional install of my stereo including soldering the wires that I twisted together just to make sure nothing was loose. while driving i shook the car and it didnt seem to have any influence on the battery light. But when i reved it around 4k+ rpm the light went off (no light) then as the rpms came back down the light came back on. It seemed pretty random. Well after hours of a random light and after the son had gone
I noticed my headlights pretty dim. Finally it just died. So i figure my alternator is dead. And wonder if my stereo install had anything to do with it or its just chance that I started noticing it after the stereo. I also made triple sure no wires during install are shorting or grounding anywhere they shouldnt be.

 

I would prob. chalk this one up to coincidence

 

agreed.

 

yup, pure coincidence.

 

How much of a stereo are you running or is it just a new headunit? If you're running an amp that's controlled by the radio's remote wire and for some reason the amp's never shutting down, that could cause problems.

 

the only way it could possibly be a coincidence is if a pink elephant went past you as you were stranded there with no power. :chuckles:

 

coincidence, best of luck getting it fixed

 

only put a stereo....no amp or anything other than factory speakers. Simply traded the tape deck for a mp3 player.

 

pure coincidence

 

yep, agreed... Replace the Alternator. They sell rebuilt high output for 100 on ebay... I got one and it works awesome, had it for 4 months.