RE: Regulator overloading?

[Terry Rudd]

Paul,   You have fairly classic symptoms of a voltage reg or brush failure. If it's a Bosch you can replace the reg and brushes in one go.   regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Stanley Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2002 9:56 AM To: OZDAT Mailing list Subject: Regulator overloading? List,   I seem to have a problem with my alternator or regulator or something.  When I have the aircon and... and I hit the brakes the electrical system goes into a weird state... when it's idling it shows it is charging slightly, but if I switch on accessories it will show current is draining from the battery, and the higher the revs, the less it will charge...  it seems the regulator is only putting out a maximum current, and it is needing current from the battery to work.   To get out of this mode I have to switch all the accessories and drop the revs off... the ammetre will then jump up to a higher charge current, and when I switch accessories on the regulator can handle everything again, and keep charging the battery.    What I'm thinking it is is that I am overloading the regulator and it is going into an overheated state...  would it be a stuffed regulator, or would it have something to do with the brakes...  it has only started doing it since I took the Datto down to Sydney and ran the aircon for most of the day.   Paul From: Paul Stanley Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: paulstanley.has.it --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------