The first thing I would do is use a meter on it to see the actual output voltage of the generator.
Nick On Friday, December 11, 2015 at 9:54:34 AM UTC-5, mike morehouse wrote: > > Good morning. > > I need a little advice with a generator light issue on my stock 72 Bug > with generator. I drive my Bug mostly short trips in town - errands, > church, work, etc...both day and night driving. Car is stock with OEM > generator. No added accessories. Battery was replaced in 2012 and starts > car fine. > > I never have any generator light issues on normal trips in town. Last > night I took it up the interstate on about a 22 mile trip at about 65 mph > and at the 20 mile mark the gen light came on. Car contined to run fine. > Got to my destination and picked up a play script and got back in the car > to make the 22 mile trip back home. Gen light stayed on the whole time. > FYI, I did notice left and right turn signals were flashing very rapidly > when I put them on on way home. > > As I got close to home it did appear that headlights were getting dimmer. > Made it home OK. Pulled in garage and left engine running to look at > headlights. They did look dim. Shut engine off. Checked fan belt. It was > intact and seemed to have plenty of tension. I connected my Harbor Freight > trickle charger to battery and left it on over night. It is still charging > this am. If I do start car this am, headlights seem fine and there is no > gen light on. > > IIRC, the last time I made his same length trip, the same thing happened. > > Why would I have gen light issues on a 20 mile trip at 65 mph when I never > see that around town? > > Would a 30 or 35 minute trip cause a gen problem that a 10 minute trip > around town might not? > > I guess what I am saying is no gen light occurrences on numerous local > trips but 2 consecutive light issues on 30 min trip up interstate. > > I'd welcome your thoughts as this makes me wary of taking an road trips in > the Bug. > > If I didn't give enough info on symptoms please let me know as I do need > some help. > > Thanks Mike Morehouse in Alabama > -- Visit the VintagVW archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VintagVW - Air Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/vintagvw. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
