electrical fault on C5

Think yours is a tad low for charging. About 14-14.2 would be normal

chris-c wrote:
> (chris-c) wrote in message . com>...
>
>>"Mike" > wrote in message news:<mRnYc.5699$bT1.2439@fed1read07>...
>>
>>>In >, (chris-c) writes:
>>>
>>>>Today in my 1997 C5 I noticed a strange intermittent fault -- the
>>>>traction control and abs light comes on, no control over traction
>>>>control switch, revs play up cluster panel lights dimmen. My front
>>>>lights dont flip up either. Does anyone have any ideas/suggesstions of
>>>>what may be wrong here? Thanks -- Chris
>>>
>>>1. Check the battery.
>>>2. Check for a bad ground (typical when things get intermittent
>>>in seemingly unrelated systems).
>>>
>>>Regards, "Mike"
>>>-- mikeellison3xxxatzzzyahoo.com --
>>
>>
>>Took it to a corvette specialist and he checked the earth and battery
>>- the earth was a bit corroded, he fixed that. The problem still
>>persists - he checked the computer and there were no related codes to
>>the problem I saw. His only suggestion was to remove the aftermarket
>>car alarm that was put in there as these are known to cause
>>problems.later that day when i got home "charge system fault"appeared
>>on the cluster any opinions?
>
>
> can anyone tell me what voltage the battery should be while the car is
> running,the digital display on the instrument panel reads 13 to 13.4
> is this correct

Think yours is a tad low for charging. About 14-14.2 would be normal

chris-c wrote:
> (chris-c) wrote in message . com>...
>
>>"Mike" > wrote in message news:<mRnYc.5699$bT1.2439@fed1read07>...
>>
>>>In >, (chris-c) writes:
>>>
>>>>Today in my 1997 C5 I noticed a strange intermittent fault -- the
>>>>traction control and abs light comes on, no control over traction
>>>>control switch, revs play up cluster panel lights dimmen. My front
>>>>lights dont flip up either. Does anyone have any ideas/suggesstions of
>>>>what may be wrong here? Thanks -- Chris
>>>
>>>1. Check the battery.
>>>2. Check for a bad ground (typical when things get intermittent
>>>in seemingly unrelated systems).
>>>
>>>Regards, "Mike"
>>>-- mikeellison3xxxatzzzyahoo.com --
>>
>>
>>Took it to a corvette specialist and he checked the earth and battery
>>- the earth was a bit corroded, he fixed that. The problem still
>>persists - he checked the computer and there were no related codes to
>>the problem I saw. His only suggestion was to remove the aftermarket
>>car alarm that was put in there as these are known to cause
>>problems.later that day when i got home "charge system fault"appeared
>>on the cluster any opinions?
>
>
> can anyone tell me what voltage the battery should be while the car is
> running,the digital display on the instrument panel reads 13 to 13.4
> is this correct