Driving home toinght and see that my dash lights are a little dim...no big deal I think....headlight switch worst case...so I turn on the tunes...and the cd player starts turing on and off.....great!!!! So I get home pop the hood fire it up...14.6 at the alt....14.4 at the batt....ok so thats good....turn on the headlights...12.3 at the alt....looks like I'm headed out bright and early for a new alt