My battery is near dead when I went to start it this morning and when it started the volt meter read near 10v.

Is my alt out?
Thanks

 

you would know if your alt went out. one your light would be on. second you would be on stricky battery power. so unless you shut it off within a few minutes of the alt going out. you prolly just have a bad battery. dead cell in it

 

thanks, I think my untuned 1500 watt amp is draining more juice than the alt can handle so I will tame it down and charge the battery and see what happens

 

What does it read not running?

 

sean, it reads about the N on normal and when I rev it goes to O on normal....any ideas and there is some unusual smell under the hood too.. is the gauge wire running from my alt to small? its starting to melt the plastic covering on the wire

 

The voltage, what is it running and not running? Yeah that white wire likes to melt.

 

It starts barely and runs but yeah it is the voltage meter that is reading "N" on normal at idle and when I rev it goes to "O". and it is the black/orange wire that is melting i think but is that white wire in that same cluster?
Thanks

 

Oh, you're guessing the voltage from the factory gauge. Well it sounds like a bad battery anyways but I would have it tested before laying out cash.