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unusual electrical problem
Tonight while driving my 80 SC an electrical problem occurred.Intermittently the seatbelt light would come on the tach would jump & the headlights would get very bright.I think it
burned out the high beams. Has anyone experienced this problem?
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12-14-2006, 05:37 PM
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Check the voltage output from the alt. Might have a bad regulator or bad connector in the charging system.
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bizerk voltage regulator.
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Failing Voltage regulator ... high Voltage spikes!
Check/monitor your system Voltage ... plan on getting a new Voltage regulator, soon!
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After reading Jim Thorusen's troubleshooting guide on this site I removed the alternator and found the D+ connection to the voltage regulator loose.The regulator looks at D+ to determine excitation current in the alternator.If the regulator sees low or 0 voltage at D+ it increases excitation current which raises output voltage.Anyway I put the alternator back in and drove several test miles with no voltage spike problems.
Note;my alternator was a Valeo with internal regulator. Thanks for all the help!
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