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mb523 09-30-2007 07:11 PM

Weird charging symptoms solved!
 
Battery died today in the middle of a parade. Was going very slow and starting and stopping a lot, my guess was it wasn't charging very well at the slow speed. Got it home, charged it, and tested the charging system... jacked rear up and ran engine. Seemed OK, overcharging a little (spiked to 15V a few times. Took it for a drive with meter on terminals and got the WEIRDEST readings. Driving normally yielded a pretty normal charging voltage (aprox. 14V), but when I slowed down to a crawl (speed at parade), I got a -1.000 reading on my multimeter display. It also flashed a whole bunch of numbers between the negative #. I have NO IDEA what is wrong here! Stopped, it was normal battery voltage. Reverse also caused the meter to read negative.

What is going on here!?! I am planning on changing the OLD SCHOOL mechanical voltage regulator with a solid state 80's model regulator. I found some instructions on another forum on how to do it. I will check with author for permission to copy them here, they are very good directions.


ANY light on this problem would be GREAT!! Thanks!

mb523 10-13-2007 03:33 PM

Re: Weird charging symptoms...
 
I purchased a new VR from Ron and installed it as per directions I found online. The install went smoothly and now my charging system works like it is supposed to! Here are some pics of the install, because I like pics.

http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/22...600x600Q85.jpg
New VR.

http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/22...600x600Q85.jpg
Old VR.

http://inlinethumb48.webshots.com/23...600x600Q85.jpg
Connections made up.

http://inlinethumb37.webshots.com/24...600x600Q85.jpg
Blurry... inside of old VR. It smelled like burnt electronics.

http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/20...600x600Q85.jpg
Installed and ready to go!!


Thanks again Ron!! :thumbup:

2stroke 10-13-2007 03:58 PM

Re: Weird charging symptoms...
 
Wasn't that Matt's? :lol::lol::lol:

mb523 10-13-2007 04:01 PM

Re: Weird charging symptoms...
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by 2stroke (Post 31579)
Wasn't that Matt's? :lol::lol::lol:

No, he tested his and it was dead so I bought a new one through Ron!

NO NO NO E-Z-GO! 10-13-2007 06:26 PM

Re: Weird charging symptoms...
 
You must have been doing some pretty serious calculations on that thing with that TI-83 Plus. :-P :lol: :lol:

http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/22...600x600Q85.jpg

mb523 10-13-2007 08:18 PM

Re: Weird charging symptoms...
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by NO NO NO E-Z-GO! (Post 31587)
You must have been doing some pretty serious calculations on that thing with that TI-83 Plus. :-P :lol: :lol:

http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/22...600x600Q85.jpg

C++ programming my friend!! Was doing a time calculating program and had to validate all the outputs to make sure they were all correct! ;-)

So basically, yes.


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