my alternator went out the other night on my way home and i was wondering if it would or could have anything to do with me having a winch wired to my battery. i pull a race car every weekend and we wired the winch with a fuse able line up to the battery...it is a 12V winch, and i always start my truck when we are loading it up...it may have been just time to replace it cuz it is that old...but just wondering if that would have caused it to go bad...

2000 f150 5.4L with 123,000 with a rod knock for 1,000

thanks matt

 

check the fuse for the alternator there should be 175 amp fuse on the firewall on the passenger side and i beleve there is one under the dash. check connections. that could be a start