# Alternator

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/alternator/7258>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** rolls-royce\
**Created:** [November 14, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alternator/7258 "2007-11-14T07:20:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![CBallou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@CBallou](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CBallou)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/alternator/7258/1 "2007-11-14T07:20:53Z")

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I am on my 3rd alternator in an '85 Silver Spur. The symptons of a problem are a pulsing of electrical power, the guage indicating too much voltage and the lights burning far too bright.  
  
 Am I just getting a bad batch of alternators or is something else affecting the voltage regulator in the alternator?