"If the battery still lacks power to crank the engine then I would
suspect the battery as faulty."
The battery does take a full charge from a battery charger.
"If you see the battery terminal voltage increase with revs"
Well, I did manage to NOT test the battery at higher rpms so I don't
know if it this or not. I will check this when I get home.
"If the engine is running, when turning on the headlights you should see
a momentary dip of the ammeter needle to zero from +, then the needle
should recover to the + side to indicate charging."
The ammeter does not go + after turning on the headlights in the
situation. It does dip negative, but only goes back to center, not to
the positive side like it used to.
Thanks
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On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Graeme Suckling wrote:
>>
>>
> If you see the battery terminal voltage increase with revs. to ~13.8 -
> 14.2 then the alternator and Voltage Regulator may be OK.
> If the battery still lacks power to crank the engine then I would
> suspect the battery as faulty.
> Can you swap for a different battery to verify.
> If the engine is not running [i.e. not charging] turning on the
> headlights will cause the ammeter to go negative [i.e. discharge from
> battery]
> If the engine is running, when turning on the headlights you should
> see a momentary dip of the ammeter needle to zero from +, then the
> needle should recover to the + side to indicate charging.
> Adelaide
> South Australia.
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