RE: [DML] Re: Alternator problems

["Video Bob" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a Motorolla Alternater that was working fine when I pulled it to 
replace it with one of John Hervey's 140 Amp Brutes.
Does anyone want it?
What's it worth?
I'd take $100 for it.
-VB


>From: "Harold McElraft" <hmcelraft@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [DML] Re: Alternator problems
>Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 13:57:21 -0000
>
>Too bad you don't have a known working Motorola alternator or
>regulator. Did you check the light function? That is, disconnect the
>light wire and ground it there by the alternator - the light comes
>on? If so then you most likely do have a bad alternator/regulator.
>Did you load up the electrical system with fans on, etc.?
>
>It is hard to say what might be bad since I believe (I can't find my
>motorola literature) the motorola is internally energized and the
>light function is a "triggered" function that is activated
>separately by the regulator. Therefore the alternator will work even
>if the light bulb is bad, gone, etc.
>
>Harold McElraft - 3354
>
>
>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxx> wrote:
> > Rich and I were working on an alternator issue today that I've
>never
> > run into. I know how to look for the usual stuff, but this one has
>me
> > stumped.
> >
> > Start car - alternator light stays on, charging system at 12.1
>volts
> > (DVM, not the dash gauge. Dash gauge looks to be about 9 volts).
> >
> > Rev Engine - charging system jumps to 13.9 volts, light stays on.
> >
> > Let it idle back down, stays at 13.9, light stays on. (Dash just
> > above the 13).
> >
> >
>
>
>
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