Hi all,

My Escorts battery light started to glow on the instrument panel a few weeks back and the volts (LCD meter I fitted to the dash) was showing it was steadily dropping to 11-12v at first to eventually less than 10v (the day after the battery was actually flat). I noticed the night before whilst driving that the volts would rise and the battery light dim as you accelerated. I assumed the battery wasn't holding charge and bought a new one. I have fitted this and the battery light is still on but dims as you accelerate but the voltage is still around 11-12v which is more like 11v with heaters and lights on etc. I know it should be more like 14v...

Would I be right in thinking that it is probably an alternator fault?

What is the easiest way of diagnosing if it is?

Cheers for any input,

Anthony.