"Norm of Bandersnatch" wrote:

> Two weeks ago we discovered Jan's battery in her 240D diesel (big 
> battery)
> car boiling when we stopped for groceries after driving for 8 hours.

Just checking, did you check out the voltage regulator setting?

Back in the days of vibrating contact regulators, you would be 
describing a stuck contact.

With today's electronic regulators, sounds like it may be shorted to 
force full field current which will boil battery.

Lew

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