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09-30-2007, 07:11 PM | #1 |
Peanut
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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! Last edited by mb523; 10-13-2007 at 04:52 PM.. Reason: trying to change title.. |
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10-13-2007, 03:33 PM | #2 |
Peanut
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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.
New VR. Old VR. Connections made up. Blurry... inside of old VR. It smelled like burnt electronics. Installed and ready to go!! Thanks again Ron!! |
10-13-2007, 03:58 PM | #3 |
Gone Wild
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Re: Weird charging symptoms...
Wasn't that Matt's?
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10-13-2007, 04:01 PM | #4 |
Peanut
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10-13-2007, 06:26 PM | #5 |
Gone Wild
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Re: Weird charging symptoms...
You must have been doing some pretty serious calculations on that thing with that TI-83 Plus.
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10-13-2007, 08:18 PM | #6 |
Peanut
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