<VV> Idiot light / voltage reg issues
JVHRoberts at aol.com
JVHRoberts at aol.com
Wed Dec 20 07:00:12 EST 2006
Radio Shack. Get a pair of 50 ohm 10 watt resistors and hook them in
parallel. Only because they don't have such a great selection of that stuff
anymore...
SMoke, eh? You are probably in for some parts, a diode trio at the very
least...
In a message dated 12/19/2006 10:31:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
chartzel at comcast.net writes:
Today I tried a small indicator light bulb and plastic socket from a dash.
The light stays on with the engine running and revving the engine didn't
make it go out. This time the alternator didn't charge at all! I tried a
jumper wire across the bulb connections and that caused the regulator to
kick into the charge mode. After a few seconds of the jumper wire, the
voltage regulator started smoking on the bottom so I removed the jumper. As
an experiment I cut off all the strands of wire except one tiny strand at
each end and then tried it again. This worked and the tiny strand of wire
wouldn't carry enough current to cause the regulator to smoke. I think I
have convinced myself that you do need a resistor parallel to the bulb to
make things work properly. Now to find a 10-20 Ohm resistor!
Clark Hartzel
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