Hi Roy,

On 03-Oct-03, Roy J. Tellason wrote to Jasen Betts:


 RJT> Jasen Betts wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 RJT>> That depends.  I've known of some people who did *lots* of
 RJT>> fairly short trips, and that ran their battery down because they
 RJT>> weren't running long enough to put the charge back into it.
 RJT>> This may have been in colder weather,  may have been with the
 RJT>> heavy use of a lot of accessories,  too,  I don't recall

 JB>> my altenator's a bit weak it can't run the headlights, engine
 JB>> fan, and wipers while the engine is idling, so if I enter
 JB>> traffic-light territiory on a rainy night I've got to watch out.

 RJT> Are you sure it's the alternator,  or is it possibly engine RPMs
 RJT> too low? Maybe you have a bad diode in there..

Almost certainly. Mine can't either...
Engine idle revs are controlled by the engine management, a bad diode
will be catastrophic...


George

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