Alternator Dead: Huge Current Drain

[MacGreenie]

Working under the hood today I happened to touch the back of the alternator with a wrench for just an instant....got a bit of a spark.

Now the alternator will not put out any power.

Batteries are 12 volts static by themselves...but go down to 10 volts when you start....and they stay at 10 volts.

I have a shunt at the PDC that reads power output from the alternator and all I get is a current drain with the motor running.

I checked the alternator input at the PDC with the motor running and got 34.5 volts! The battery side of the PDC (next wire over) read 12 volts.

The voltmeter on the instrument cluster reads well below the 14 volts I normally see after the grids stop cycling.

I am afraid I fried something at the alternator.

As I understand it, the PCM controls voltage output and the Dealer would have to read the codes to see what is truly happening with the charging circuit.

I am stuck in my driveway and have only driven about 2 miles with this discharge condition. If I go any farther, I am afraid I will run out of juice before I get to the Dealership (about 5 miles away).

Any thoughts or inspirations? Am I stuck with going to the dealer? I suppose I could take the alternator off and take it down to the auto place and have them test it...but if the voltage is contolled by the PCM, possibly that might not solve anything?

I checked all the connections and they are good and clean. Is there a fuse in the PDC for alternator output? I see a 40 amp fuse in there but it is hard to see if it is blown or not...is there a special way to remove those PDC fuses that I am unaware of?

Thanks in advance...

MacGreenie