- 1. weird alternator happenings... (score: 1)
- Author: "James Carruthers" <j.carruthers@rave.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 19:03:38 -0000 (GMT)
- Hi Listers, I finally got around to making a bracket to mount the A127 alternator I got, fits in there prefectly now. Anyway, some wierd things are now happening. I had to jump start the car, as ther
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- 2. Re: weird alternator happenings... (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:24:55 -0500
- An alternator, due to it's wiring, is normally a trickle leak to the battery. That's why many an alternator equipped car that sits over the winter will have a dead battery come spring. If the battery
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- 3. Re: weird alternator happenings... (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Rowe" <growe58@hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:07:43 -0500
- Also, did you try revving the engine at all? For my GM alternator to initially begin charging, I have to rev to 1500-1700 rpms. This is a one time thing at start-up ; once the light goes out, it doe
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- 4. Re: weird alternator happenings... (score: 1)
- Author: Dan Canaan <flinters@picarefy.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 19:00:13 -0800
- The ignition light should only be on when the vehicle isn't running. It is the load that the light draws that starts the alternator charging in the first place. The back of the A127 / AC Delco 7127 a
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- 5. RE: weird alternator happenings... (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Gregory <Rick@ncmg.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 09:11:45 -0700
- James - from the way it sounds I have to agree whoever else mentioned that the voltage regulator might be bad. The other possibility is a bad diode or diode array (there is more that one actual diode
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