Attaboy. Good to know about group 49 replacement. On Tuesday, July 9, 2013, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Mission accomplished, a remarkably bright (for an Autozone employee) Autozone employee hooked me up with an H8 gold top Duralast ($5 more than the red top and 1000cca instead of 900). The H8 apparently replaces the group 49 and it even says so on the battery itself. > Fit perfectly, does the job, no more alternator light... > > -Curt > > > ________________________________ > From: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > To: Diesel List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 9:28 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] AC and alternators? > > > > That nicely matches my theory and fits with why it takes a minute or so for the light to go out. I've got another battery (which is now that I think of it around 8 years old) I was thinking of putting in but I guess I should just bite the bullet and put in a new one before this one eats the alternator. > > -Curt > > Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 16:13:59 -0700 > From: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] AC and alternators? > Message-ID: > <CANTuLYjO73W3RdMPyvmeEK=a=V1Cj6oer9pq=qv0bbglu35...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > If you put a load tester on the old battery, I'm betting it will show it is > no longer capable of holding full charge when under load. Max AC puts load > on battery, battery discharge rate is greater than it's now able to intake > and hold charge, Alt output from regulator increases to try to make up the > shortage = Alt light comes on. > > Suggestion: Drop by your local FLAPS and ask them for a charging system > check... most will do it free and are equipped to do so. Load test > battery, and load test alternator with AC on engine running. [be ready for > a new battery, I'm betting]. > > Good luck, > Grant... > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/
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