G lite, Not going off. |
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G lite, Not going off. |
malcolm2 |
Feb 3 2018, 02:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,745 Joined: 31-May 11 From: Nashville Member No.: 13,139 Region Association: South East States |
Took a 3 hour drive to Knoxville today. I watched the volt gauge. Seemed to be irratic. Hung at 11.4. But would jump to 13.5 for a short time them back to. 11.4. G lite was not on during the drive. After a short stop the re start is when the lite stayed on. Guage still at 11.4. I gotta get home.
Auto zone has a voltage reg. Is this a typical symptom of the easy to replace VR? |
malcolm2 |
Feb 5 2018, 08:55 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,745 Joined: 31-May 11 From: Nashville Member No.: 13,139 Region Association: South East States |
My luck ran out. It seemed to me that my alternator was barely charging. It would generate about 12.3 volts. So we crossed our fingers and started home on the 180 mile trip.
After about an hour I had to turn on the headlights. My volt gauge has a digital readout, so I watched the numbers drop and then drop faster when the load increased. 11.7..... ticked down to 10.8 after another 30 minutes. Another 15 minutes I was under 10 and dropping thru the 9s quickly. I knew there was a Cracker Barrel 5 miles away in Cookeville. As I pulled in to a parking place the lights and the car died and the meter was reading 9.25. So whatever charging it was doing in Knoxville, it stopped doing it after 1.5 hours. Was able to get a Cookeville friend to take us on home. I came back Sunday AM with a U-Haul car hauler and got the car home for $61 rental and a 1/2 a tank of gas in my tow vehicle. But now my wife will be leery of our longer trips... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Charged the battery all day and test started it this morning. Tonight, I will verify the dead ALT with the Spoke jumper test. Need to read up on maybe upgrading to the 100 or 150 amp ALT conversion. |
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