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Is my alternator overcharging?

Old Oct 10, 2023 | 2:06 PM
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Hello all-
My 2016 Silverado would not start the other day. It started fine and drove fine for ~20 mins after a jump start, so I replaced the (original) battery today, and it started right up. However, I went to test the voltage on the battery, with the engine running, and it came in at 14.9 at first. After a few minutes of the engine running, I did it again and it bounced around between 14.78-14.81, so call it 14.8 or so
I hope I'm just overthinking this, but anyone care to opine if this is too high in their opinion? I think that 14.6 would be considered normal right? My concern is if the alternator is overcharging the battery, and if that's the case, could that be slowly killing the battery?
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Old Oct 10, 2023 | 2:49 PM
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alternators do not output steady voltage anymore. It's regulated by the computer depending on conditions. All those voltages are within range.
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