6pack
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: battery voltage

To: wphilipson@nc.rr.com
Subject: Re: battery voltage
From: jay_welch@juno.com
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:56:19 -0500
Your number's sound ok to me Walt.  Sears once told me a fully charged
battery off the shelf should be charged to around 12.75 volts.

Here's a couple of good links for alternator t-shooting.
http://www.tpub.com/basae/index.htm    http://www.tpub.com/basae/33.htm  
 

Good luck,
Jay

On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:27:58 -0500 "Walt Philipson"
<wphilipson@nc.rr.com> writes:
> My voltmeter never gets above 13.5 volts (approx). My alternator was
> recently rebuilt. I tested the circuit per Dan's instructions. I get 
> 13.5 at
> the battery, with everything off. I even put a charger on it and 
> fully
> charged I only got 13.5. Shouldn't I get 14 to 14.6? The voltage at 
> the
> small brown wire is also about 13.5, but my meter is pretty coarse, 
> so I'm
> not sure I can detect .2 volt difference. Also, I think my sensor 
> light is
> burned out. For whatever reason, it doesn't work when I short the
> brown/yellow wire to ground. Wouldn't this open the sense circuit?
> 
> Am I missing something here?
> 
> Walt
> 74  TR6

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>