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Your problem description raises some questions.
1) "Soon I found out that my alternator was only sending 7 amps to the battery when it was supposed to be sending 70."
How was this 7 amps determined? Voltage is the normal output measurement. The 70 amp rating is the alternator's electrical "load carrying" capacity, as designed but seldom measured.
If you meant 7 volts, that would most likely be the output of a discharging battery, not the alternator. (Once the alternator output falls below battery voltage, its the battery voltage at the point being measured,)
2) "The odd thing is that the car will shut off when electrical things are on(ex. heat, cd player, lights), even after a new alternator was put in"
Do you mean it just "dies" suddenly? Was the new alternator's output ever tested? It should have been done at installation to ensure that everything works as it should. Can you do any voltage testing yourself?
Sorry I can't be very helpful at this point. Hopefully some others will offer more.
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Bruce Young,
'93 940-NA (current)
'80 GLE V8 (Now gone)
'83 Turbo 245
'73 142 (98K)
'71 144 (track modified--and still here)
New 144 from '67 to '78
Used '62 122 from '63 to '67
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