My 92 Camry is having electrical issues including a flashing A/C button and battery...

Nick P

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...which wont hold a charge.? About 3 weeks ago the battery on my 92 Camry died and needed to be replaced. After I got a new battery and installed in the car still refused to start. After some investigation I found a couple blown fuses which were replaced and resulted in the car working fine for a day... then i realized the battery wasnt holding its charge. I replaced it again and the same thing happened. I then replaced the alternator. After this I noticed the radio and the AC are now not working. The radio is completely dead while the A/C light flashes and only blows warm. Last night I was driving and the battery started losing power again. This morning when I tried to start the battery was dead and is now on a charger. What the heck is wrong with this car? Where do I begin... thanks for any advice! :)
thanks for all the quick responses everyone... im about to go out and checking a lot of the things that were mentioned. My initial belief however is that the alternator tensioner is not tight enough. Or at least that it makes sense considering the alternator was just installed and possibly not done correctly. I will start there and get back to you.

I am also curious what it means that when I put the battery on my 10/2amp charger that its taking hours to even go down a few amps. On other batteries it has only taken an hour or two at most. Could this be because of a "blown battery" thanks everyone!
Grabriel, I do believe that the tension could be the problem. After installing the alternator from time to time, not always the belt has sqwueled. Usually after the car is turned on... I will go tighten it up and see what I can figure out. Thanks!
Okay, I found the problem with the alternator. Apparently somehow the bolt that holds the alternator at the right height just disappeared. I dont know how this is possibly considering I installed it myself and have no idea how an entire 3-4 inch bolt could unwind in self and fall out. As of now I am looking for another bolt to put in to secure the alternator at the right tension.
 
We are actually having the same problem right now. My buddy is in the garage working it ours right now. (GMC Jimmy) We started in the same spot you did. Just got off the phone with a macanic and he said to check the draw on the battery and if that is good then check the grounds. I am gonna suggest checking the grounds on the things that had blown fuses first. If the ground is bad or you have a pos. touching a ground, you could blow the battery in the blink of an eye.

I hope this helps.
 
Sounds like it has been and continues to be the alternator. Are you POSITIVE the new alternator is working correctly, you're describing classic bad alternator symptoms.

Are you having any belt squealing sounds, could be that your tensioner is bad and it's not putting enough tension on the belt to turn the alternator.
 
start by checking all fusable links. if you have a burnt 1 then it can cause the battery not to charge. i would also be tracing the wiring that goes to the alternator. if you have a short in 1 of the wires it can keep the alternator from doing its job.
 
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