On 11 Apr 1997, Paul Burr wrote:
> Joe; Your OK, your alt is OK. Any 12V Charging system has to make
> between 14.5V to 15V to keep those electrons moving against all the
> wires that they have to move through.
Wrong.
If the alternator puts out a voltage well above, say, 14.5V, that is bad.
Have the voltage verified with an external instrument, by all means - but
I'm pretty sure that the regulator has developed an internal short, and
must be replaced. It *could* also be that the wire from the brushes to
the regulator has a short to ground - that would be easy to spot once
you've got the cover off, and somewhat unlikely. Or it could be a bad (but
not completely open) ground connection to the regulator, but again, pretty
unlikely.
Egil
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