Voltage Regulator?!? (probably built into your alternator)
John (Old Fartz & TLS #37) Lieberman
dfauth@frii.com wrote:
> The car will start and run just fine, but after warming up, a strange
> electrical problem shows up. When I press the brakes (or hit the turn
> signals, or use the interior light...just about anything that uses electrical
> power), the voltage (according to the instrument cluster voltometer as well
>as
> the dimming of the lights) drops for a split second from ~13-14V down to
> around 8V. This behavior is regardless of engine RPM. After a little bit
> more, the engine dies and ALL electrical power for the car is GONE. Zip.
> Zilch. At this point, the battery shows zero voltage.
>
> I have replaced my ground-to-battery cable. I have replaced my battery-to-
> mainfuse cable. I have had the battery check done by Checker and it was
> fine. Once the car cools down, the power is back and the car will start as
>if
> nothing had happened.
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